Psalms 119:11

119:11 In my heart I store up ¹  your words, ² 

so I might not sin against you.

Psalms 119:2

119:2 How blessed are those who observe his rules,

and seek him with all their heart,

Psalms 19:10

19:10 They are of greater value ³  than gold,

than even a great amount of pure gold;

they bring greater delight ⁴  than honey,

than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

Proverbs 6:22-23

6:22 When you walk about, ⁵  they ⁶  will guide you;

when you lie down, they will watch over you;

when you wake up, ⁷  they will talk ⁸  to you.

6:23 For the commandments ⁹  are like ¹⁰  a lamp, ¹¹ 

instruction is like a light,

and rebukes of discipline are like ¹²  the road leading to life, ¹³ 

Ezekiel 3:17-21

3:17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman ¹⁴  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me. 3:18 When I say to the wicked, “You will certainly die,” ¹⁵  and you do not warn him – you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live – that wicked person will die for his iniquity, ¹⁶  but I will hold you accountable for his death. ¹⁷  3:19 But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life. ¹⁸ 

3:20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle ¹⁹  before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death. 3:21 However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he ²⁰  does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

Ezekiel 33:3-9

33:3 He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, ²¹  and warns the people, ²²  33:4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. ²³  33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. ²⁴  If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life. 33:6 But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity, ²⁵  but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person’s death.’ ²⁶ 

33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman ²⁷  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf. 33:8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ ²⁸  and you do not warn ²⁹  the wicked about his behavior, ³⁰  the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. ³¹  33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, ³²  and he refuses to change, ³³  he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

Matthew 3:7

3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees ³⁴  and Sadducees ³⁵  coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Acts 20:31

20:31 Therefore be alert, ³⁶  remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning ³⁷  each one of you with tears.

Acts 20:1

Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ³⁸  them and saying farewell, ³⁹  he left to go to Macedonia. ⁴⁰ 

Colossians 4:14

4:14 Our dear friend Luke the physician and Demas greet you.

Colossians 4:1

4:1 Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

Colossians 1:14

1:14 in whom we have redemption, ⁴¹  the forgiveness of sins.

Hebrews 11:7

11:7 By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard ⁴²  constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

[119:11]  ¹ tn Or “hide.”

[119:11]  ² tn Heb “your word.” Some medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural, “your words.”

[19:10]  ³ tn Heb “more desirable.”

[19:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “are sweeter.” God’s law is “sweet’ in the sense that, when obeyed, it brings a great reward (see v. 11b).

[6:22]  ⁵ tn The verbal form is the Hitpael infinitive construct with a preposition and a suffixed subjective genitive to form a temporal clause. The term הָלַךְ (halakh) in this verbal stem means “to go about; to go to and fro.” The use of these terms in v. 22 also alludes to Deut 6:7.

[6:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “it will guide you.” The verb is singular and the instruction is the subject.

[6:22]  ⁷ tn In both of the preceding cola an infinitive construct was used for the temporal clauses; now the construction uses a perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. The verb would then be equivalent to an imperfect tense, but subordinated as a temporal clause here.

[6:22]  ⁸ sn The Hebrew verb means “talk” in the sense of “to muse; to complain; to meditate”; cf. TEV, NLT “advise you.” Instruction bound to the heart will speak to the disciple on awaking.

[6:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “the commandment” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[6:23]  ¹⁰ tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[6:23]  ¹¹ sn The terms “lamp,” “light,” and “way” are all metaphors. The positive teachings and commandments will illumine or reveal to the disciple the way to life; the disciplinary correctives will provide guidance into fullness of life.

[6:23]  ¹² tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[6:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “the way of life” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV, NLT “the way to life.” The noun “life” is a genitive following the construct “way.” It could be an attributive genitive modifying the kind of way/course of life that instruction provides, but it could also be objective in that the course of life followed would produce and lead to life.

[3:17]  ¹⁴ tn The literal role of a watchman is described in 2 Sam 18:24; 2 Kgs 9:17.

[3:18]  ¹⁵ sn Even though the infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the warning, the warning is still implicitly conditional, as the following context makes clear.

[3:18]  ¹⁶ tn Or “in his punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and v. 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”

[3:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “his blood I will seek from your hand.” The expression “seek blood from the hand” is equivalent to requiring the death penalty (2 Sam 4:11-12).

[3:19]  ¹⁸ tn Verses 17-19 are repeated in Ezek 33:7-9.

[3:20]  ¹⁹ tn Or “stumbling block.” The Hebrew term refers to an obstacle in the road in Lev 19:14.

[3:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the righteous man.”

[33:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “shofar,” a ram’s horn rather than a brass instrument (so throughout the chapter).

[33:3]  ²² tn Sounding the trumpet was a warning of imminent danger (Neh 4:18-20; Jer 4:19; Amos 3:6).

[33:4]  ²³ tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”

[33:5]  ²⁴ tn Heb “his blood will be on him.”

[33:6]  ²⁵ tn Or “in his punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in vv. 8 and 9; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.

[33:6]  ²⁶ tn Heb “his blood from the hand of the watchman I will seek.”

[33:7]  ²⁷ sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.

[33:8]  ²⁸ tn The same expression occurs in Gen 2:17.

[33:8]  ²⁹ tn Heb “and you do not speak to warn.”

[33:8]  ³⁰ tn Heb “way.”

[33:8]  ³¹ tn Heb “and his blood from your hand I will seek.”

[33:9]  ³² tn Heb “from his way to turn from it.”

[33:9]  ³³ tn Heb “and he does not turn from his way.”

[3:7]  ³⁴ sn Pharisees were members of one of the most important and influential religious and political parties of Judaism in the time of Jesus. There were more Pharisees than Sadducees (according to Josephus, Ant. 17.2.4 [17.42] there were more than 6,000 Pharisees at about this time). Pharisees differed with Sadducees on certain doctrines and patterns of behavior. The Pharisees were strict and zealous adherents to the laws of the OT and to numerous additional traditions such as angels and bodily resurrection.

[3:7]  ³⁵ sn The Sadducees controlled the official political structures of Judaism at this time, being the majority members of the Sanhedrin. They were known as extremely strict on law and order issues (Josephus, J. W. 2.8.2 [2.119], 2.8.14 [2.164-166]; Ant. 13.5.9 [13.171-173], 13.10.6 [13.293-298], 18.1.2 [18.11], 18.1.4 [18.16-17], 20.9.1 [20.199]; Life 2 [10-11]). See also Matt 16:1-12; 22:23-34; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-38; Acts 5:17; 23:6-8.

[20:31]  ³⁶ tn Or “be watchful.”

[20:31]  ³⁷ tn Or “admonishing.”

[20:1]  ³⁸ tn Or “exhorting.”

[20:1]  ³⁹ tn Or “and taking leave of them.”

[20:1]  ⁴⁰ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[1:14]  ⁴¹ tc διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ (dia tou {aimato" autou, “through his blood”) is read at this juncture by several minuscule mss (614 630 1505 2464 al) as well as a few, mostly secondary, versional and patristic witnesses. But the reading was prompted by the parallel in Eph 1:7 where the wording is solid. If these words had been in the original of Colossians, why would scribes omit them here but not in Eph 1:7? Further, the testimony on behalf of the shorter reading is quite overwhelming: {א A B C D F G Ψ 075 0150 6 33 1739 1881 Ï latt co as well as several other versions and fathers}. The conviction that “through his blood” is not authentic in Col 1:14 is as strong as the conviction that these words are authentic in Eph 1:7.

[11:7]  ⁴² tn Cf. BDAG 407 s.v. εὐλαβέομαι 2, “out of reverent regard (for God’s command).”