The following is a responsive reading, using excerpts from the Holy Scriptures to relate the Scout Law to religious teachings. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Honor your Father and your Mother. Withhold not good from the person to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. A glad heart is good medicine.
Precious treasure remains in a wise person's dwelling, but a foolish person uses it up.
The person who has clean hands and a pure heart. The Hiking Prayer below has been used frequently as a final benediction to close services. It's one of my favorites. Its message is one of the most fitting for Scouts in its view of the outdoors. Note that the author, a Chassidic Rabbi, lived in the 18th and 19th centuries.