^17 (A)Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

^8 (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.

BOOK 1

The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted.

Nun.

² And do not ^(A)be conformed to ^(B)this ^[a]world, but be transformed by the ^(C)renewing of your mind, so that you may ^[b](D)prove what the will of God is, that which is good and ^[c]acceptable and perfect.

^16 (A)All Scripture is ^[a]inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for ^[b]training in righteousness; ¹⁷ so that ^(B)the man of God may be adequate, ^(C)equipped for every good work.

¹⁸ “^(A)You shall therefore ^[a]impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as ^[b]frontals ^[c]on your forehead. ^19 (B)You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. ^20 (C)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, ²¹ so that ^(D)your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as ^[d](E)long as the heavens remain above the earth.