⁸ This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful.^(A)

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ^[a] dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.^[b](A)

Admonition to Trust and Honor God

²¹ They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”^(A)

⁶ Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. ⁷ Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.^{(A) 8} Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem^[a] on your forehead,^{(B) 9} and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.^(C)

⁹ Therefore observe the words of this covenant and perform them, in order that you may succeed^[a] in everything that you do.^(A)

²⁸ But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”^(A)

Hearers and Doers

²⁴ “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.^(A)