Ezra 7:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Prepared

Psalm 57:7

To do it

Revelation 22:14

And to teach

Bible References

Prepared

And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel saying, If you return to Jehovah with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts to Jehovah, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart to You.

And he did the evil because he did not prepare his heart to seek Jehovah.

But there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the Asherahs out of the land and have prepared your heart to seek God.

If you prepare your heart and stretch out your hands toward Him;

Jehovah, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your ear to hear,

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise.

To do it

And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt. And you shall be careful to do these statutes.

Therefore whoever shall relax one of these commandments, the least, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven.

Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.

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

Blessed are they who do His commandments, that their authority will be over the Tree of Life, and they may enter in by the gates into the city.

And to teach

And now, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, set officers and judges who may judge all the people who are Beyond the River, all who know the Laws of your God; and teach them who do not know.

Let them teach Jacob Your judgments, and Israel Your Law. Let them put incense before You and whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.

And with them he sent Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites. And with them he sent Elishama and Jehoram the priests.

And Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites who taught the good knowledge of Jehovah. And they ate the appointed things seven days, offering peace offerings and making confession to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

And all the people gathered themselves as one man into the street before the water gate. And they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.

For the priest's lips should guard knowledge, and they should seek the Law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of Hosts.

Truly, O Theophilus, I made the first report as to all things that Jesus began both to do and teach

Then it behooves the overseer to be without reproach, husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, well-ordered, hospitable, apt at teaching,

preach the Word, be instant in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.

But you speak the things which become sound doctrine: