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2 Samuel 22:23

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For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
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  1. Psalms 119:102Rank 1 from verse 23
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    102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

  2. Psalms 119:30Rank 2 from verse 23
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    30I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

  3. John 15:14Rank 3 from verse 23
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    14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  4. Deuteronomy 6:1–2Rank 4 from verse 23
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    1NOW these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

    2That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

  5. Deuteronomy 6:6–9Rank 5 from verse 23
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    6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

    7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

    8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

    9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

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2 Samuel 22:23

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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depart

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1. To leave, go away, or move from a place or person. 2. To cease to remain, be removed, disappear, or pass away. 3. To turn or separate from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. To leave earthly life or this world.

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22For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

23For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

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24I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

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