Ezra 7:10

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“For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.”

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BSBPD

“For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezra 7:10 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 16:12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
  2. Deuteronomy 33:10He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
  3. 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:18O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
  5. 2 Chronicles 12:14And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
  6. 2 Chronicles 17:8accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
  7. 2 Chronicles 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 30:22And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  9. Ezra 7:6this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
  10. Ezra 7:25And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.
  11. Nehemiah 8:1At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
  12. Job 11:13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
  13. Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
  14. Psalms 10:17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
  15. Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  16. Psalms 57:7My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
  17. Psalms 119:45And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
  18. Psalms 119:96I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
  19. Psalms 119:112I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
  20. Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
  21. Matthew 5:19So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
  22. Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  23. John 13:17If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
  24. Acts 1:1In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

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