'Decrees' in the Bible
These are the decrees, statutes, and ordinances Moses proclaimed to them after they came out of Egypt,
Carefully observe the commands of the Lord your God, the decrees and statutes He has commanded you.
“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances, which the Lord our God has commanded you?’
Next, the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and to keep His commands, His decrees, and His statutes with all his mind and with all his heart, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to the covenant.
Give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and to carry out all Your commands, Your decrees, and Your statutes, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.
Then the king stood at his post and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep His commands, His decrees, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of the covenant written in this book.
So the Jewish elders continued successfully with the building under the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished the building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and King Artaxerxes of Persia.
You came down on Mount Sinai,and spoke to them from heaven.You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions,and good statutes and commands.
All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truthto those who keep His covenant and decrees.
But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,for they did not keep His decrees.
He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud;they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
Happy are those who keep His decreesand seek Him with all their heart.
I rejoice in the way revealed by Your decreesas much as in all riches.
Take insult and contempt away from me,for I have kept Your decrees.
Your decrees are my delightand my counselors.
I cling to Your decrees;Lord, do not put me to shame.
Turn my heart to Your decreesand not to material gain.
I will speak of Your decrees before kingsand not be ashamed.
I thought about my waysand turned my steps back to Your decrees.
Let those who fear You,those who know Your decrees, turn to me.
The wicked hope to destroy me,but I contemplate Your decrees.
I have more insight than all my teachersbecause Your decrees are my meditation.
I have Your decrees as a heritage forever;indeed, they are the joy of my heart.
You remove all the wicked on earthas if they were dross;therefore, I love Your decrees.
I am Your servant; give me understandingso that I may know Your decrees.
פ PeYour decrees are wonderful;therefore I obey them.
The decrees You issue are righteousand altogether trustworthy.
Your decrees are righteous forever.Give me understanding, and I will live.
I call to You; save me,and I will keep Your decrees.
Long ago I learned from Your decreesthat You have established them forever.
My persecutors and foes are many.I have not turned from Your decrees.
I obey Your decreesand love them greatly.
I obey Your precepts and decrees,for all my ways are before You.
If your sons keep My covenantand My decrees that I will teach them,their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”
The earth is polluted by its inhabitants,for they have transgressed teachings,overstepped decrees,and broken the everlasting covenant.
and Jason has received them as guests! They are all acting contrary to Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king—Jesus!”
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