The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 37:31 · retained source text
The Law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slide.
1611 marginal noteOr, going.
KJV dictionary & concordance
law
Meaning of “law”
Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.
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Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-references
523 occurrences459 verses46 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 11:31
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “law”
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 40:8 · retained source text
I delight to doe thy will, O my God: yea thy lawe is within my heart.
1611 marginal noteHeb. in the midst of my bowels.
GIVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 78:1 · retained source text
¶ Giue eare, O my people, to my Lawe: incline your eares to the wordes of my mouth.
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 78:5 · retained source text
For he established a Testimony in Iacob, and appointed a Law in Israel, which he commaunded our fathers: that they should make them knowen to their children.
1611 marginal noteDeut.4.9. and 6.7.
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 78:10 · retained source text
They kept not the couenant of God: and refused to walke in his Law:
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 81:4 · retained source text
For this was a Statute for Israel: and a Law of the God of Iacob.
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 89:30 · retained source text
If his children forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgements;
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 94:12 · retained source text
Blessed is the man whome thou chastenest, O LORD: and teachest him out of thy Law:
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 94:20 · retained source text
Shal the throne of iniquitie haue fellowship with thee: which frameth mischiefe by a lawe?
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 105:10 · retained source text
And confirmed the same vnto Iacob for a law: and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant:
Complete reference index — all 459 verses
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Where “law” appears
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Genesis10 occurrences
9 versesExodus19 occurrences
18 versesLeviticus18 occurrences
18 versesNumbers11 occurrences
10 versesDeuteronomy24 occurrences
24 versesJoshua9 occurrences
8 versesJudges7 occurrences
7 versesRuth19 occurrences
17 verses1 Samuel10 occurrences
9 verses1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse2 Kings11 occurrences
11 verses1 Chronicles4 occurrences
4 verses2 Chronicles17 occurrences
17 versesEzra9 occurrences
8 versesNehemiah21 occurrences
21 versesEsther5 occurrences
5 versesJob1 occurrence
1 versePsalms38 occurrences
37 versesProverbs14 occurrences
13 versesIsaiah11 occurrences
11 versesJeremiah12 occurrences
12 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel5 occurrences
4 versesDaniel7 occurrences
6 versesHosea3 occurrences
3 versesAmos1 occurrence
1 verseMicah3 occurrences
2 versesHabakkuk1 occurrence
1 verseZephaniah1 occurrence
1 verseHaggai1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah1 occurrence
1 verseMalachi5 occurrences
5 versesMatthew11 occurrences
10 versesLuke14 occurrences
11 versesJohn16 occurrences
14 versesActs22 occurrences
21 versesRomans78 occurrences
52 verses1 Corinthians17 occurrences
11 versesGalatians32 occurrences
25 versesEphesians1 occurrence
1 versePhilippians3 occurrences
3 verses1 Timothy3 occurrences
3 versesTitus1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews13 occurrences
12 versesJames10 occurrences
7 verses1 John2 occurrences
1 verse
9 versesExodus19 occurrences
18 versesLeviticus18 occurrences
18 versesNumbers11 occurrences
10 versesDeuteronomy24 occurrences
24 versesJoshua9 occurrences
8 versesJudges7 occurrences
7 versesRuth19 occurrences
17 verses1 Samuel10 occurrences
9 verses1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse2 Kings11 occurrences
11 verses1 Chronicles4 occurrences
4 verses2 Chronicles17 occurrences
17 versesEzra9 occurrences
8 versesNehemiah21 occurrences
21 versesEsther5 occurrences
5 versesJob1 occurrence
1 versePsalms38 occurrences
37 versesProverbs14 occurrences
13 versesIsaiah11 occurrences
11 versesJeremiah12 occurrences
12 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel5 occurrences
4 versesDaniel7 occurrences
6 versesHosea3 occurrences
3 versesAmos1 occurrence
1 verseMicah3 occurrences
2 versesHabakkuk1 occurrence
1 verseZephaniah1 occurrence
1 verseHaggai1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah1 occurrence
1 verseMalachi5 occurrences
5 versesMatthew11 occurrences
10 versesLuke14 occurrences
11 versesJohn16 occurrences
14 versesActs22 occurrences
21 versesRomans78 occurrences
52 verses1 Corinthians17 occurrences
11 versesGalatians32 occurrences
25 versesEphesians1 occurrence
1 versePhilippians3 occurrences
3 verses1 Timothy3 occurrences
3 versesTitus1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews13 occurrences
12 versesJames10 occurrences
7 verses1 John2 occurrences
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Definition evidence
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Galatians 3:24
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Galatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Psalms 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
2 · KJV context and cross-references