Quotes about Scripture

Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.

While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.

You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin;

Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.

I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.