Joshua 1:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Book

Thou shalt

1 Timothy 4:14

Observe

General references

Deuteronomy 17:19

Joshua 10:8

Isaiah 48:15

Bible References

Book

Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;

So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;

And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:

But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.

When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel.

The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting.

So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.

And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.

The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

Thou shalt

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.

I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

Observe

If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!

Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.

General references

And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:

And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.

I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings.