I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me.
And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
Put false ways far from me and graciously teach me your law!
but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—
I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
“You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.
Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
When I think of your rules from of old, I take comfort, O Lord.
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