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precepts

Meaning of “precepts”

Commands, rules, or authoritative instructions.

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First occurrence: Nehemiah 9:14

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Psalms 119:168
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
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1611 witness · Psalms 119:168 · retained source text

I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.

Psalms 119:173
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
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1611 witness · Psalms 119:173 · retained source text

Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.

Jeremiah 35:18
¶ And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 35:18 · retained source text

¶ And Ieremiah sayd vnto the house of the Rechabites, Thus sayth the LORD of hosts the God of Israel, Because ye haue obeyed the commandement of Ionadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according vnto all that he hath commanded you:

Daniel 9:5
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
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1611 witness · Daniel 9:5 · retained source text

We haue sinned, and haue committed iniquitie, and haue done wickedly, and haue rebelled, euen by departing from thy precepts, and from thy iudgements.

1611 marginal noteBar.1.17.

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