Bible Verses About Instruction

And in the third year of his reign he hath sent for his heads, for Ben-Hail, and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, to teach in cities of Judah,

and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, and Tob-Adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

And they teach in Judah, and with them is the Book of the Law of Jehovah, and they go round about into all cities of Judah, and teach among the people.

I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.

Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.

Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,

O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,

Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.

I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.

Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!

Beth. With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

Blessed art Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.

With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.

In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.

In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

Gimel. Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.