abSee Luke 24:27
Psalms 1:1-3
The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked
1 Blessed is the man ▼▼The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface
who bwalks not in cthe counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in dthe way of sinners,
nor esits in fthe seat of gscoffers;
2but his hdelight is in the law ▼
▼Or instruction
of the Lord,and on his jlaw he meditates day and night.
3 He is like ka tree
planted by lstreams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its mleaf does not wither.
nIn all that he does, he prospers.
Psalms 119:80
80May my heart be oblameless in your statutes,pthat I may not be put to shame!
Psalms 119:105
Nun
105 qYour word is a lamp to my feetand a light to my path.
Psalms 139:23-24
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!rTry me and know my thoughts! ▼
▼Or cares
24And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and tlead me in uthe way everlasting! ▼
▼Or in the ancient way (compare Jeremiah 6:16)
Isaiah 8:20
20 wTo the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no xdawn.John 1:47
47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, yan Israelite indeed, zin whom there is no deceit!”John 5:39
39 aaYou search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and abit is they that bear witness about me,Acts 17:11-12
11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, acexamining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. 12 adMany of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek aewomen of high standing as well as men.
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