THEOSISDeuteronomy 17:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he shall have it with him, and shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, and keep his words and ceremonies, that are commanded in the law;
וְהָיְתָ֣ה עִמּ֔וֹ וְקָ֥רָא ב֖וֹ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֑יו לְמַ֣עַן יִלְמַ֗ד לְיִרְאָה֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו לִ֠שְׁמֹר אֶֽת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֞י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֛את וְאֶת־הַחֻקִּ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לַעֲשֹׂתָֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Josh 1:8Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayst observe and do all things that are written in it: then shalt thou direct thy way, and understand it.
- Ps 119 (118):97
- Ps 119 (118):100
- Ps 1:2But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.
- John 5:39Search the scriptures: for you think in them to have life everlasting. And the same are they that give testimony of me.
- 2 Tim 3:15And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures which can instruct thee to salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Tim 3:17That the man of God may be perfect, furnished to every good work.
- Deut 11:18Lay up these words in your hearts and minds, and hang them for a sign on your hands, and place them between your eyes.