Quotes about Law

We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.

And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.

As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.

“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”

But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.

“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,