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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This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but (A)you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

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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

(A)This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may [a]be careful to do according to all that is written in it; (B)for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will [b]have success.

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  1. Joshua 1:8 Lit observe
  2. Joshua 1:8 Or act wisely