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Job 23:11–12

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My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
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From verse 11

  1. Psalms 44:18Rank 1 from verse 11
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    18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

  2. 2 Peter 2:20–22Rank 2 from verse 11
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    20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

    21For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

    22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

  3. Job 17:9Rank 3 from verse 11
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    9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

  4. Psalms 125:5Rank 4 from verse 11
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    5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

  5. Psalms 17:5Rank 5 from verse 11
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    5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

From verse 12

  1. Jeremiah 15:16Rank 1 from verse 12
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    16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

  2. Psalms 119:11Rank 2 from verse 12
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    11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  3. Psalms 119:103Rank 3 from verse 12
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    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  4. John 4:34Rank 4 from verse 12
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    34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

  5. Psalms 19:9–10Rank 5 from verse 12
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    9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

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Job 23:11

COMBINED MEANING

foot

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Sense 1: The lower extremity used for standing or walking. Sense 2: A measure, base, or lowest part. Sense 3: As a verb, to tread or walk.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

held

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1. Kept or possessed. 2. Maintained. 3. Restrained. 4. Regarded or accounted.

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steps

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Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.

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declined

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of decline, meaning to turn, bend, or depart aside from a way, word, judgment, duty, or course; to refuse or fall away from following it.

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Job 23:12

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

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gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

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back

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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.

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commandment

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Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

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esteemed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of esteem, meaning to value, regard, or judge.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

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12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

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