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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Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.(A)
He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams[a]
that bears its fruit in its season,(B)
and its leaf does not wither.(C)
Whatever he does prospers.(D)

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  1. 1:3 Or beside irrigation channels

but whose delight(A) is in the law of the Lord,(B)
    and who meditates(C) on his law day and night.
That person is like a tree(D) planted by streams(E) of water,(F)
    which yields its fruit(G) in season
and whose leaf(H) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.(I)

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