Job 22:22
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Cross-reference
Job 23:12 shows Job already treasures God's words, contrasting with Eliphaz's accusation that he needs to accept instruction.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 commands keeping God's words on your heart and teaching them, directly echoing the call to lay up His words.
Psalm 119:11 echoes this command to hide God's word in the heart, emphasizing its protective purpose against sin.
Proverbs 2:1-9 expands on accepting wisdom and storing up commands, directly paralleling the instruction to lay up God's words in the heart.
Proverbs 4:4 similarly urges retaining words in the heart, linking it to keeping commandments and living.
Proverbs 4:21 reinforces keeping words in the midst of the heart, a direct parallel to laying up God's words.
Jeremiah 15:16 describes eating God's words and finding joy in the heart, a vivid parallel to internalizing them.
Luke 2:19 shows Mary keeping and pondering things in her heart, a direct parallel to laying up God's words.
Luke 2:51 again has Mary keeping sayings in her heart, mirroring the command to store God's words internally.
Proverbs 4:10 parallels the command to receive sayings, promising life for those who treasure God's words.
Proverbs 7:1 uses nearly identical phrasing—'keep my words' and 'lay up my commandments'—reinforcing the same imperative.
Ezekiel 3:10 commands receiving God's words in the heart, closely matching the 'lay up his words' charge to Job.
Deuteronomy 4:1 calls Israel to hear and follow God's decrees to live, mirroring the command to accept instruction from God's mouth.
Isaiah 48:17 identifies God as the teacher who leads profitably, echoing the source of the law Job is told to receive.