'Instruction' in the Bible
The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay there so that I may give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
You must keep My instruction to not do any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them; I am Yahweh your God.”
They must keep My instruction, or they will be guilty and die because they profane it; I am Yahweh who sets them apart.
Follow the whole instruction the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live, prosper, and have a long life in the land you will possess.
You must abide by the instruction they give you and the verdict they announce to you. Do not turn to the right or the left from the decision they declare to you.
When he is seated on his royal throne, he is to write a copy of this instruction for himself on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to observe all the words of this instruction, and to do these statutes.
Moses gave us instruction,a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
They will teach Your ordinances to Jacoband Your instruction to Israel;they will set incense before Youand whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
Above all, be strong and very courageous to carefully observe the whole instruction My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go.
This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to recite it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.
He gave Caleb son of Jephunneh the following portion among the descendants of Judah based on the Lord’s instruction to Joshua: Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron; Arba was the father of Anak).
They came before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our male relatives.” So they gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the Lord’s instruction.
Only carefully obey the command and instruction that Moses the Lord’s servant gave you: to love the Lord your God, walk in all His ways, keep His commands, remain faithful to Him, and serve Him with all your heart and all your soul.”
“Go and inquire of the Lord for me, the people, and all Judah about the instruction in this book that has been found. For great is the Lord’s wrath that is kindled against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this book in order to do everything written about us.”
He told the people of Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to carry out the instruction and the commands.
They taught throughout Judah, having the book of the Lord’s instruction with them. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
“Organize your ancestral houses by your divisions according to the written instruction of David king of Israel and that of his son Solomon.
Receive instruction from His mouth,and place His sayings in your heart.
Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,and he meditates on it day and night.
So now, kings, be wise;receive instruction, you judges of the earth.
The instruction of the Lord is perfect,renewing one’s life;the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,making the inexperienced wise.
The instruction of his God is in his heart;his steps do not falter.
I delight to do Your will, my God;Your instruction lives within me.”
Sing a song of wisdom,for God is King of all the earth.
You hate instructionand turn your back on My words.
If his sons forsake My instructionand do not live by My ordinances,
Keep me from the way of deceitand graciously give me Your instruction.
Help me understand Your instruction,and I will obey itand follow it with all my heart.
The arrogant constantly ridicule me,but I do not turn away from Your instruction.
Rage seizes me because of the wickedwho reject Your instruction.
Their hearts are hard and insensitive,but I delight in Your instruction.
Instruction from Your lips is better for methan thousands of gold and silver pieces.
May Your compassion come to meso that I may live,for Your instruction is my delight.
The arrogant have dug pits for me;they violate Your instruction.
If Your instruction had not been my delight,I would have died in my affliction.
My life is constantly in danger,yet I do not forget Your instruction.
ס SamekI hate those who are double-minded,but I love Your instruction.
My eyes pour out streams of tearsbecause people do not follow Your instruction.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,and Your instruction is true.
Those who pursue evil plans come near;they are far from Your instruction.
ר ReshConsider my affliction and rescue me,for I have not forgotten Your instruction.
I hate and abhor falsehood,but I love Your instruction.
Abundant peace belongs to thosewho love Your instruction;nothing makes them stumble.
I long for Your salvation, Lord,and Your instruction is my delight.
for receiving wise instructionin righteousness, justice, and integrity;
The fear of the Lordis the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son,and do not loathe His discipline;
for I am giving you good instruction.Don’t abandon my teaching.
Hold on to instruction; don’t let go.Guard it, for it is your life.
He will die because there is no discipline,and be lost because of his great stupidity.
Accept my instruction instead of silver,and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Listen to instruction and be wise;don’t ignore it.
The one who follows instruction is on the path to life,but the one who rejects correction goes astray.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,but one who hates correction is stupid.
A wise son responds to his father’s discipline,but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.
The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
A wise man’s instruction is a fountain of life,turning people away from the snares of death.
Poverty and disgrace come to thosewho ignore discipline,but the one who accepts correction will be honored.
A fool despises his father’s discipline,but a person who accepts correction is sensible.
Anyone who ignores discipline despises himself,but whoever listens to correction acquires good sense.
The fear of the Lord is what wisdom teaches,and humility comes before honor. >
Insight is a fountain of life for its possessor,but the discipline of fools is folly.
Listen to counsel and receive instructionso that you may be wise later in life.
If you stop listening to correction, my son,you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Apply yourself to disciplineand listen to words of knowledge.
Buy—and do not sell—truth,wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
I saw, and took it to heart;I looked, and received instruction:
She opens her mouth with wisdomand loving instruction is on her tongue.
Hear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom!Listen to the instruction of our God,you people of Gomorrah!
and many peoples will come and say,“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob.He will teach us about His waysso that we may walk in His paths.”For instruction will go out of Zionand the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes strawand as dry grass shrivels in the flame,so their roots will become like something rottenand their blossoms will blow away like dust,for they have rejectedthe instruction of the Lord of Hosts,and they have despisedthe word of the Holy One of Israel.
Bind up the testimony.Seal up the instruction among my disciples.
Those who are confused will gain understanding,and those who grumble will accept instruction.
They are a rebellious people,deceptive children,children who do not want to obey the Lord’s instruction.
He will not grow weak or be discourageduntil He has established justice on earth.The islands will wait for His instruction.”
The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness,to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.
Who gave Jacob to the robber,and Israel to the plunderers?Was it not the Lord?Have we not sinned against Him?They were not willing to walk in His ways,and they would not listen to His instruction.
Pay attention to Me, My people,and listen to Me, My nation;for instruction will come from Me,and My justice for a light to the nations.I will bring it about quickly.
Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,the people in whose heart is My instruction:do not fear disgrace by men,and do not be shattered by their taunts.
ט TetZion’s gates have fallen to the ground;He has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates.Her king and her leaders live among the nations,instruction is no more,and even her prophets receiveno vision from the Lord.
Disaster after disaster will come,and there will be rumor after rumor.Then they will seek a vision from a prophet,but instruction will perish from the priestsand counsel from the elders.
young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom, knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace—and to teach them the Chaldean language and literature.
and many nations will come and say,“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob.He will teach us about His waysso we may walk in His paths.”For instruction will go out of Zionand the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Her prophets are reckless—treacherous men.Her priests profane the sanctuary;they do violence to instruction.
True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing wrong was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and fairness and turned many from sin.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
“You, on the other hand, have turned from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of Hosts.
“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people because you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in your instruction.”
“Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
When Jesus had finished this instruction, He departed from Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan.
For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.
Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
And if anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take note of that person; don’t associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
Now the goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
Timothy, my son, I am giving you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies previously made about you, so that by them you may strongly engage in battle,
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Charge (519 instances)
- Injunction (11 instances)
- Instruction (223 instances)
- Message (632 instances)
- Precept (8 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Biyn
Yacad
Yacar
Yarah
Lamad
Muwcar
Sakal
Related Readings
Related Topics
- Acceptance, Of Instruction
- Discipline Child
- Doing Your Best
- Education
- Fathers, Responsibilities Of
- Folly, Effects Of
- God's Word As A Source Of Delight
- God's Word Gives Wisdom
- Instruction
- Instruction About Clothes