¹⁸ Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

²⁵ But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

²⁸ But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

⁶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

1 Blessed 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.

² But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

¹⁶ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

² Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

3 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

²⁵ And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)