This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth;(A) you are to meditate on[a] it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.(B)

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  1. 1:8 Or to recite

Keep this Book of the Law(A) always on your lips;(B) meditate(C) on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.(D)

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I delight to do your will, my God,(A)
and your instruction is deep within me.”(B)

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I desire to do your will,(A) my God;(B)
    your law is within my heart.”(C)

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14 I rejoice in the way revealed by your decrees(A)
as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts(B)
and think about your ways.(C)
16 I will delight in your statutes;(D)
I will not forget your word.

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14 I rejoice in following your statutes(A)
    as one rejoices in great riches.
15 I meditate on your precepts(B)
    and consider your ways.
16 I delight(C) in your decrees;
    I will not neglect your word.

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