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 feet
and 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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