Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For Esdras had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do and to teach in Israel the commandments and judgment. prepared 1 Samuel 7:3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 1 Chronicles 29:18 O Lord God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel our fathers, keep for ever this will of their heart, and let this mind remain always for the worship of thee. 2 Chronicles 12:14 But he did evil, and did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord. 2 Chronicles 19:3 But good works are found in thee, because thou hast taken away the groves out of the land of Juda, and hast prepared thy heart to seek the Lord the God of thy fathers. Job 11:13 But thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him. Psalm 10:17 The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart. Psalm 57:7 My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and rehearse a psalm. the law Ezra 7:6 This Esdras went up from Babylon, and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God had given to Israel: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him. Psalm 1:2 But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night. Psalm 19:7 The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones. Psalm 119:45,96-100 And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments. . . . to do it Deuteronomy 16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded. Matthew 5:19 He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 7:24 Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock, John 13:17 If you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them. Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb: that they may have a right to the tree of life and may enter in by the gates into the city. and to teach Ezra 7:25 And thou Esdras according to the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, appoint judges and magistrates, that may judge all the people, that is beyond the river, that is, for them who know the law of thy God, yea and the ignorant teach ye freely. Deuteronomy 33:10 Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel: they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar. 2 Chronicles 17:8,9 And with them the Levites, Semeias, and Nathanias, and Zabadias, and Asael, and Semiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonias, and Tobias, and Thobadonias Levites, and with them Elisama, and Joram priests. . . . 2 Chronicles 30:22 And Ezechias spoke to the heart of all the Levites, that had good understanding concerning the Lord: and they ate during the seven days of the solemnity, immolating victims of peace offerings, and praising the Lord the God of their fathers. Nehemiah 8:1-9 And the seventh month came: and the children of Israel were in their cities. And all the people were gathered together as one man to the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. . . . Malachi 2:7 For the lips of the priests shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts. Acts 1:1 The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus began to do and to teach, 1 Timothy 3:2 It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher, 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. Titus 2:1,15 But speak thou the things that become sound doctrine: . . . Context Ezra Goes Up to Jerusalem…9For upon the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem according to the good hand of his God upon him. 10For Esdras had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do and to teach in Israel the commandments and judgment. Cross References Deuteronomy 33:10 Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel: they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar. Ezra 7:11 And this is the copy of the letter of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gave to Esdras the priest, the scribe instructed in the words and commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies in Israel. Ezra 7:25 And thou Esdras according to the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, appoint judges and magistrates, that may judge all the people, that is beyond the river, that is, for them who know the law of thy God, yea and the ignorant teach ye freely. Nehemiah 8:1 And the seventh month came: and the children of Israel were in their cities. And all the people were gathered together as one man to the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. Lexicon Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction Ezra עֶזְרָא֙ (‘ez·rā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5830: Ezra -- 'help', three Israelites had set הֵכִ֣ין (hê·ḵîn) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3559: To be erect his heart לְבָב֔וֹ (lə·ḇā·ḇōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart to study לִדְר֛וֹשׁ (liḏ·rō·wōš) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship the law תּוֹרַ֥ת (tō·w·raṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8451: Direction, instruction, law of the LORD, יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH to practice it, וְלַעֲשֹׂ֑ת (wə·la·‘ă·śōṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make and to teach וּלְלַמֵּ֥ד (ū·lə·lam·mêḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3925: To exercise in, learn its statutes חֹ֥ק (ḥōq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute and ordinances וּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (ū·miš·pāṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style in Israel. בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Additional Translations 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.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. For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances. For Esdras had determined in his heart to seek the law, and to do and teach the ordinances and judgments in Israel. For Ezra had directed his heart to seek the law of Jehovah and to do it, and to teach in Israel the statutes and the ordinances. For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 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. For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances. for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment. 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