and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;
but test everything; hold fast what is good.
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel. He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules. Praise the Lord!
The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.
the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments, and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant.
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