Verse 10

For Ezra{H5830} had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} his heart{H3824} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068}, and to do{H6213}{(H8800)} it, and to teach{H3925}{(H8763)} in Israel{H3478} statutes{H2706} and judgments{H4941}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach{H3384}{(H8686)} Jacob{H3290} thy judgments{H4941}, and Israel{H3478} thy law{H8451}: they shall put{H7760}{(H8799)} incense{H6988} before{H639} thee, and whole burnt sacrifice{H3632} upon thine altar{H4196}.
  • Ezra 7:25 : 25 And thou{H607}, Ezra{H5831}, after the wisdom{H2452} of thy God{H426}, that is in thine hand{H3028}, set{H4483}{(H8740)} magistrates{H8200}{(H8751)} and judges{H1782}, which may judge{H1934}{(H8748)}{H1778}{(H8751)} all{H3606} the people{H5972} that are beyond{H5675} the river{H5103}, all{H3606} such as know{H3046}{(H8751)} the laws{H1882} of thy God{H426}; and teach{H3046}{(H8681)} ye them that know{H3046}{(H8751)} them not{H3809}.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 LORD{H3068}, thou hast heard{H8085}{(H8804)} the desire{H8378} of the humble{H6035}: thou wilt prepare{H3559}{(H8686)} their heart{H3820}, thou wilt cause thine ear{H241} to hear{H7181}{(H8686)}:
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore{G3767} whosoever{G3956}{G3748} heareth{G191}{(G5719)} these{G5128} sayings{G3056} of mine{G3450}, and{G2532} doeth{G4160}{(G5719)} them{G846}, I will liken{G3666}{(G5692)} him{G846} unto a wise{G5429} man{G435}, which{G3748} built{G3618}{(G5656)} his{G846} house{G3614} upon{G1909} a rock{G4073}:
  • John 13:17 : 17 If{G1487} ye know{G1492}{(G5758)} these things{G5023}, happy{G3107} are ye{G2075}{(G5748)} if{G1437} ye do{G4160}{(G5725)} them{G846}.
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach{G2784}{(G5657)} the word{G3056}; be instant{G2186}{(G5628)} in season{G2122}, out of season{G171}; reprove{G1651}{(G5657)}, rebuke{G2008}{(G5657)}, exhort{G3870}{(G5657)} with{G1722} all{G3956} longsuffering{G3115} and{G2532} doctrine{G1322}.
  • Ps 119:96-99 : 96 I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} an end{H7093} of all perfection{H8502}: but thy commandment{H4687} is exceeding{H3966} broad{H7342}. 97 MEM. O how love I{H157}{(H8804)} thy law{H8451}! it is my meditation{H7881} all the day{H3117}. 98 Thou through thy commandments{H4687} hast made me wiser{H2449}{(H8762)} than mine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}: for they are ever{H5769} with me. 99 I have more understanding{H7919}{(H8689)} than all my teachers{H3925}{(H8764)}: for thy testimonies{H5715} are my meditation{H7881}. 100 I understand{H995}{(H8709)} more than the ancients{H2205}, because I keep{H5341}{(H8804)} thy precepts{H6490}.
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priest's{H3548} lips{H8193} should keep{H8104}{(H8799)} knowledge{H1847}, and they should seek{H1245}{(H8762)} the law{H8451} at his mouth{H6310}: for he is the messenger{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 The law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068} is perfect{H8549}, converting{H7725}{(H8688)} the soul{H5315}: the testimony{H5715} of the LORD{H3068} is sure{H539}{(H8737)}, making wise{H2449}{(H8688)} the simple{H6612}.
  • Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight{H2656} is in the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068}; and in his law{H8451} doth he meditate{H1897}{(H8799)} day{H3119} and night{H3915}.
  • 2 Chr 30:22 : 22 And Hezekiah{H3169} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} comfortably{H3820} unto all the Levites{H3881} that taught{H7919}{(H8688)} the good{H2896} knowledge{H7922} of the LORD{H3068}: and they did eat{H398}{(H8799)} throughout the feast{H4150} seven{H7651} days{H3117}, offering{H2076}{(H8764)} peace{H8002} offerings{H2077}, and making confession{H3034}{(H8693)} to the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}.
  • 1 Chr 29:18 : 18 O LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Abraham{H85}, Isaac{H3327}, and of Israel{H3478}, our fathers{H1}, keep{H8104}{(H8798)} this for ever{H5769} in the imagination{H3336} of the thoughts{H4284} of the heart{H3824} of thy people{H5971}, and prepare{H3559}{(H8685)} their heart{H3824} unto thee:
  • 2 Chr 12:14 : 14 And he did{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451}, because he prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} not his heart{H3820} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • 2 Chr 17:8-9 : 8 And with them he sent Levites{H3881}, even Shemaiah{H8098}, and Nethaniah{H5418}, and Zebadiah{H2069}, and Asahel{H6214}, and Shemiramoth{H8070}, and Jehonathan{H3083}, and Adonijah{H138}, and Tobijah{H2900}, and Tobadonijah{H2899}, Levites{H3881}; and with them Elishama{H476} and Jehoram{H3088}, priests{H3548}. 9 And they taught{H3925}{(H8762)} in Judah{H3063}, and had the book{H5612} of the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068} with them, and went about{H5437}{(H8799)} throughout all the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and taught{H3925}{(H8762)} the people{H5971}.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless{H61} there are good{H2896} things{H1697} found{H4672}{(H8738)} in thee, in that thou hast taken away{H1197}{(H8765)} the groves{H842} out of the land{H776}, and hast prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} thine heart{H3824} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} God{H430}.
  • Ezra 7:6 : 6 This Ezra{H5830} went up{H5927}{(H8804)} from Babylon{H894}; and he was a ready{H4106} scribe{H5608}{(H8802)} in the law{H8451} of Moses{H4872}, which the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} had given{H5414}{(H8804)}: and the king{H4428} granted{H5414}{(H8799)} him all his request{H1246}, according to the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068} his God{H430} upon him.
  • 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samuel{H8050} spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto all the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, If ye do return{H7725}{(H8802)} unto the LORD{H3068} with all your hearts{H3824}, then put away{H5493}{(H8685)} the strange{H5236} gods{H430} and Ashtaroth{H6252} from among{H8432} you, and prepare{H3559}{(H8685)} your hearts{H3824} unto the LORD{H3068}, and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} him only: and he will deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} you out of the hand{H3027} of the Philistines{H6430}.
  • Deut 16:12 : 12 And thou shalt remember{H2142}{(H8804)} that thou wast a bondman{H5650} in Egypt{H4714}: and thou shalt observe{H8104}{(H8804)} and do{H6213}{(H8804)} these statutes{H2706}.
  • Neh 8:1-9 : 1 And all the people{H5971} gathered themselves together{H622}{(H8735)} as one{H259} man{H376} into the street{H7339} that was before{H6440} the water{H4325} gate{H8179}; and they spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto Ezra{H5830} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)} to bring{H935}{(H8687)} the book{H5612} of the law{H8451} of Moses{H4872}, which the LORD{H3068} had commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} to Israel{H3478}. 2 And Ezra{H5830} the priest{H3548} brought{H935}{(H8686)} the law{H8451} before{H6440} the congregation{H6951} both of men{H376} and women{H802}, and all that could hear{H8085}{(H8800)} with understanding{H995}{(H8688)}, upon the first{H259} day{H3117} of the seventh{H7637} month{H2320}. 3 And he read{H7121}{(H8799)} therein before{H6440} the street{H7339} that was before{H6440} the water{H4325} gate{H8179} from the morning{H216} until midday{H4276}{H3117}, before the men{H582} and the women{H802}, and those that could understand{H995}{(H8688)}; and the ears{H241} of all the people{H5971} were attentive unto the book{H5612} of the law{H8451}. 4 And Ezra{H5830} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)} stood{H5975}{(H8799)} upon a pulpit{H4026} of wood{H6086}, which they had made{H6213}{(H8804)} for the purpose{H1697}; and beside{H681} him stood{H5975}{(H8799)} Mattithiah{H4993}, and Shema{H8087}, and Anaiah{H6043}, and Urijah{H223}, and Hilkiah{H2518}, and Maaseiah{H4641}, on his right hand{H3225}; and on his left hand{H8040}, Pedaiah{H6305}, and Mishael{H4332}, and Malchiah{H4441}, and Hashum{H2828}, and Hashbadana{H2806}, Zechariah{H2148}, and Meshullam{H4918}. 5 And Ezra{H5830} opened{H6605}{(H8799)} the book{H5612} in the sight{H5869} of all the people{H5971};(for he was above all the people{H5971};) and when he opened{H6605}{(H8800)} it, all the people{H5971} stood up{H5975}{(H8804)}: 6 And Ezra{H5830} blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} the LORD{H3068}, the great{H1419} God{H430}. And all the people{H5971} answered{H6030}{(H8799)}, Amen{H543}, Amen{H543}, with lifting up{H4607} their hands{H3027}: and they bowed{H6915}{(H8799)} their heads, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} the LORD{H3068} with their faces{H639} to the ground{H776}. 7 Also Jeshua{H3442}, and Bani{H1137}, and Sherebiah{H8274}, Jamin{H3226}, Akkub{H6126}, Shabbethai{H7678}, Hodijah{H1941}, Maaseiah{H4641}, Kelita{H7042}, Azariah{H5838}, Jozabad{H3107}, Hanan{H2605}, Pelaiah{H6411}, and the Levites{H3881}, caused the people{H5971} to understand{H995}{(H8688)} the law{H8451}: and the people{H5971} stood in their place{H5977}. 8 So they read{H7121}{(H8799)} in the book{H5612} in the law{H8451} of God{H430} distinctly{H6567}{(H8794)}, and gave{H7760}{(H8800)} the sense{H7922}, and caused them to understand{H995}{(H8799)} the reading{H4744}. 9 And Nehemiah{H5166}, which is the Tirshatha{H8660}, and Ezra{H5830} the priest{H3548} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and the Levites{H3881} that taught{H995}{(H8688)} the people{H5971}, said{H559}{(H8799)} unto all the people{H5971}, This day{H3117} is holy{H6918} unto the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}; mourn{H56}{(H8691)} not, nor weep{H1058}{(H8799)}. For all the people{H5971} wept{H1058}{(H8802)}, when they heard{H8085}{(H8800)} the words{H1697} of the law{H8451}.
  • Job 11:13 : 13 If thou prepare{H3559}{(H8689)} thine heart{H3820}, and stretch{H6566}{(H8804)} out thine hands{H3709} toward him;
  • Ps 57:7 : 7 My heart{H3820} is fixed{H3559}{H8737)}, O God{H430}, my heart{H3820} is fixed{H3559}{H8737)}: I will sing{H7891}{H8799)} and give praise{H2167}{H8762)}.
  • Ps 119:45 : 45 And I will walk{H1980}{(H8691)} at liberty{H7342}: for I seek{H1875}{(H8804)} thy precepts{H6490}.
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 Whosoever{G3739}{G1437} therefore{G3767} shall break{G3089}{(G5661)} one{G3391} of these{G5130} least{G1646} commandments{G1785}, and{G2532} shall teach{G1321}{(G5661)} men{G444} so{G3779}, he shall be called{G2564}{(G5701)} the least{G1646} in{G1722} the kingdom{G932} of heaven{G3772}: but{G1161} whosoever{G3739}{G302} shall do{G4160}{(G5661)} and{G2532} teach{G1321}{(G5661)} them, the same{G3778} shall be called{G2564}{(G5701)} great{G3173} in{G1722} the kingdom{G932} of heaven{G3772}.
  • Titus 2:1 : 1 But{G1161} speak{G2980}{(G5720)} thou{G4771} the things which{G3739} become{G4241}{(G5719)} sound{G5198}{(G5723)} doctrine{G1319}:
  • Titus 2:15 : 15 These things{G5023} speak{G2980}{(G5720)}, and{G2532} exhort{G3870}{(G5720)}, and{G2532} rebuke{G1651}{(G5720)} with{G3326} all{G3956} authority{G2003}. Let{G4065} no man{G3367} despise{G4065}{(G5720)} thee{G4675}.
  • Acts 1:1 : 1 The former{G3303}{G4413} treatise{G3056} have I made{G4160}{(G5668)}, O{G5599} Theophilus{G2321}, of{G4012} all{G3956} that{G3739} Jesus{G2424} began{G756}{(G5662)} both{G5037} to do{G4160}{(G5721)} and{G2532} teach{G1321}{(G5721)},
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 A bishop{G1985} then{G3767} must{G1163}{(G5748)} be{G1511}{(G5750)} blameless{G423}, the husband{G435} of one{G3391} wife{G1135}, vigilant{G3524}, sober{G4998}, of good behaviour{G2887}, given to hospitality{G5382}, apt to teach{G1317};
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed{G3107} are they that do{G4160}{(G5723)} his{G846} commandments{G1785}, that{G2443} they{G846} may have{G2071}{(G5704)} right{G1849} to{G1909} the tree{G3586} of life{G2222}, and{G2532} may enter{G1525}{(G5632)} in through the gates{G4440} into{G1519} the city{G4172}.