And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,

For if you shall call to wisdom, and utter your voice for understanding;

and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;

One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek; that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey His temple.

For one day in Your courts is better than thousands. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.

They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

"Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock:

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

And the [woman] had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and was listening to His word.

But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you abide in My word, truly you are My disciples.

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free."

And they were continuing in the teaching of the apostles, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

And these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all readiness, each day examining the Scriptures [to see] whether these things might be so.

Therefore many of them believed, and not a few of the prominent Greek women and men.

But become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

for he observed himself and has gone away, and immediately forgot what sort of [man] he was.