Joshua 1:8

Joshua is to meditate on God's law day and night and obey it, and then his way will prosper. Saturating life in Scripture is the path to true success.

Cross-references · 33

• Ps 119:15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
• Ps 19:14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
• Col 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Prov 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
• Deut 29:9Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
• John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
• Luke 11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
• Deut 6:6–9And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
• Matt 7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
• Ps 119:11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
• Jas 1:22–25But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
• Ps 1:1–3Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Ps 119:97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
• Deut 11:18–19Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
• John 13:17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
• Prov 2:1–5My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
• Matt 7:21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
• Josh 1:7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
• Ps 37:30–31The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
• Deut 30:14But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
• Deut 5:29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
• Ps 119:99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
• Isa 59:21As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
• Eph 4:29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
• Deut 5:32Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
• Matt 12:35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
• Ps 119:42–43So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
• Deut 31:11When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
• 1 Tim 4:14–16Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
• Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• Deut 17:18–19And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
• Ps 40:10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
• Rev 22:14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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