Quotes About Reflection

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

Go and tell them: ëReturn to your tents.í

Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.

“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ëYou shall not cross the Jordan.í

On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ëHave not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?í

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.

If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,

he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,

You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.

Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?

Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?