Ezra 7:10

WEB

¹⁰For Ezra had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.

KJV

¹⁰For Ezra^[+] had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

BSB

¹⁰For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

FBV

¹⁰For Ezra had committed himself to gaining insights from the Law of the Lord, wanting to practice it and to teach in Israel its rules and how to live.

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Extra References

2 Timothy 4:2

²preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

Malachi 2:7

⁷For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of Armies.

Matthew 7:24

²⁴“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

John 13:17

¹⁷If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Psalms 1:2

²but his delight is in the LORD’s ^[+] law. On his law he meditates day and night.

Ezra 7:25

²⁵You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

Psalms 19:7

⁷The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

Deuteronomy 33:10

¹⁰They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.

1 Chronicles 29:18

¹⁸LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart for you;

Ezra 7:6

⁶this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.