Ezra 7:10

Ezra's Arrival And Work

⁹ He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month since the gracious hand of his God was on him. ¹⁰ Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel. ¹¹ This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in matters of the Lord’s commands and statutes for Israel:

Law of the Lord

People of Israel

Statutes and Judgments

Statutes And Ordinances

Ezra

Israel

Jehovah

Deuteronomy 33:10

They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob
and Your instruction to Israel;
they will set incense before You
and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

Ezra 7:25

And you, Ezra, according to God’s wisdom that you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people in the region west of the Euphrates who know the laws of your God and to teach anyone who does not know them.

Malachi 2:7

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.

Deuteronomy 16:12

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; carefully follow these statutes.

1 Samuel 7:3

Samuel told them, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, get rid of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths that are among you, dedicate yourselves to the Lord, and worship only Him. Then He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”

1 Chronicles 29:18

Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the hearts of Your people, and confirm their hearts toward You.

2 Chronicles 12:14

Rehoboam did what was evil, because he did not determine in his heart to seek the Lord.

2 Chronicles 17:8-9

The Levites with them were Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; the priests, Elishama and Jehoram, were with these Levites.

2 Chronicles 19:3

However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have decided to seek God.”

2 Chronicles 30:22

Then Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the Lord. They ate at the appointed festival for seven days, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.

Ezra 7:6

—came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested because the hand of Yahweh his God was on him.

Nehemiah 8:1-9

all the people gathered together at the square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses that the Lord had given Israel.

Job 11:13

As for you, if you redirect your heart
and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—

Psalm 1:2

Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.

Psalm 10:17

Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their hearts.
You will listen carefully,

Psalm 19:7

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

Psalm 57:7

My heart is confident, God, my heart is confident.
I will sing; I will sing praises.

Psalm 119:45

I will walk freely in an open place
because I seek Your precepts.

Psalm 119:96-100

I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but Your command is without limit.

Matthew 5:19

Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 7:24

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock.

John 13:17

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

Acts 1:1

I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

2 Timothy 4:2

Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

Titus 2:1

But you must say the things that are consistent with sound teaching.

Titus 2:15

Say these things, and encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.