The Nugget:
Deu 17:19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
My Comment:
The Scriptures should be read (The New Topical Textbook, entry under the topic “The Scriptures,” page 240).
This is likely the most important topic, the most important issue, to address. Bible reading, personal Bible reading, is the source of spiritual food to keep spiritual life alive, vital, growing, flourishing. Without taking in spiritual food from the Bible you will die spiritually, just as you would die physically if you no longer ate physical food. We all find time to eat our necessary physical food. We need to take equal care to be sure to get our spiritual food by reading the Bible. You can start with small spiritual meals. Even five minutes a day will get you much further than if you take no time at all. I’ve been thinking that if a person just read what I have been posting here daily, and read the cross references provided for those who wish to dig deeper, that would furnish quite a solid spiritual meal day by day. However you choose to do it, just do it! Read the Bible daily. The Scriptures are meant for us to read.
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 197 for Deuteronomy 17:19.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 215 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Deuteronomy 17:19.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
Deuteronomy 17:19. read therein. *Dt 6:6-9. 11:18. **Josh 1:8. **Ps 1:2. +*Ps 119:97-100. +Mt 12:3n. **Jn 5:39. Ac 8:28. *1 Tim 4:13. +*2 Tim 3:15-17. all the days. *Ac 17:11. fear. *Dt 10:12. 1 K 2:2. +Pr 1:7. 2 Cor 5:11. He 10:31. Re 19:5. keep all the words of this law. Dt 1:5. 4:10, 44. 14:23. 2 Ch 34:14, 18. Ezr 7:14. to do. T#1043. +*Dt 26:16, 18.
dt 17.19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that
he may learn to fear the Lord his God, by carefully observing all the words of this
law and these statues.
encouraging cross refs(the best commentary on the bible is the bible)
1. dt 6.6 And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be
on your heart;
2. dt 6.7 and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of
them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them diligently to your sons
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the
way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
3. dt 6.8 And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be
as frontals on your forehead.
4. dt 6.9 And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your
gates.
5. dt 11.18 You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and
on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be
as frontals on your forehead.
6. josh 1.8 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall
meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all
that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you
will have success.
7. psm 1.2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day
and night.
8. psm 119.97 O how i love Thy law!It is my meditation all the day.
9. psm 119.98 Thy commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they
are ever mine.
10. psm 119.99 I have more insight than all my teachers, For thy testimonies are
my meditation.
11. psm 119.100 I understand more than the aged, Because I have observed Thy
precepts.
12. jn 5.39 You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have
eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me;
13. 2 tim 3. 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which
are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in
Christ Jesus.
14. 2 tim 3.16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
15. 2 tim 3.17 that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good
work.