11 and, these, were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they welcomed the word with all readiness of mind, daily, searching the Scriptures,whether these things could be so.

15 Give diligence, thyself, approved, to present unto God,a workman not to be put to shame, skillfully handling the word of truth.

15 And that, from a babe, those sacred letters, thou hast known which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus:16 Every scripture, God-breathed, and profitableunto teaching, unto conviction, unto correction, unto the discipline that is in righteousness,17 In order that, ready, may be the man, of God, unto every good work, being well-prepared.

13 While I am coming, be giving heedto the reading, to the exhorting, to the teaching:

39 Ye search the Scriptures, because, ye, think, by them, to have, life age-abiding; and, those , are they which bear witness concerning me:

8 This scroll of the law must not cease out of thy mouth, but thou must talk to thyself therein, day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein,for, then, shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and, then, shalt thou have good success.

105 NUN. A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.

97 MEM. Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my meditation.98 Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.99 Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my meditation.

9 BETH. Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.10 With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.11 In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.12 Blessed art thou, O YahwehTeach me thy statutes.13 With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.14 In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.15 In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.16 In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.

7 I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations.

9 For, on the first of the first month, was a beginning made of coming up from Babylon,and, on the first of the fifth month, entered he into Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.10 For, Ezra, had settled his heart, to study the law of Yahweh, and to do

5 Thou shalt therefore love Yahweh thy God,with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy might;6 so shall these words which I am commanding thee to-day, be upon thy heart;7 and thou shalt impress them upon thy sons, and shalt speak of them,when thou sittest in thy house and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up;8 and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand,and they shall serve for bands between thine eyes;9 and thou shalt write them upon the pests of thy house and within thy gates.

18 But it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, then shall he write for himself a copy of this law upon a scroll, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:19 so shall it be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life,that he may learn to revere Yahweh his God, to observe all the words of this law and these statutes to do them:20 that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left,that he may prolong his days over his kingdomhe and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:2 For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence;3 For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;4 For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.5 A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,6 By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

1 My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;2 For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they and to thee.

13 Take fast hold of correction, let her not go,keep her, for, she, is thy life.

23 For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:

6 My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge,Because, thou, hast rejected knowledge, therefore will I reject thee from ministering as priest unto me, and, because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also, will forget thy children.

20 To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, , because they have no dawning day.

24 Jesus said unto themAre ye not, for this cause, deceiving yourselves, knowing neither the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

4 Whatsoever things, in fact, were written aforetime, all for our own instruction were written,in order that, through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have their hope.

17 Ye, therefore, beloved, taking note beforehand, be on your guard, lest, with the error of the impious being led away, ye fall from your own steadfastness;18 But be growing in the favour and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ:unto whom be the glory, both now and unto a day that abideth.

10 Concerning which salvation, prophetswho concerning the favour for you, did prophesysought out and searched out,11 Searching into what particular, or what manner, of season the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when witnessing beforehand as toThe sufferings, for Christ, and the glories, after these,