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Psalms 119:101–102

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I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
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From verse 101

  1. 1 Peter 3:10–11Rank 1 from verse 101
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    10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

    11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

  2. Proverbs 1:15Rank 2 from verse 101
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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

  3. Isaiah 55:7Rank 3 from verse 101
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    7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  4. Psalms 119:104Rank 4 from verse 101
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    104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

  5. 1 Peter 2:1–2Rank 5 from verse 101
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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

    2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

From verse 102

  1. 1 John 2:27Rank 1 from verse 102
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    27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:13Rank 2 from verse 102
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    13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

  3. Proverbs 5:7Rank 3 from verse 102
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    7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

  4. Psalms 18:21Rank 4 from verse 102
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    21For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

  5. Jeremiah 32:40Rank 5 from verse 102
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    40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

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Psalms 119:101

COMBINED MEANING

refrained

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Held back, restrained, abstained, or kept from an action or expression.

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

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 119:102

COMBINED MEANING

departed

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1. Left, went away, or moved from a place or person. 2. Ceased to remain, was removed, disappeared, or passed away. 3. Turned or separated from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. Left earthly life or this world.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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119:97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

119:98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

119:99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

119:100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

119:101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

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119:102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

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119:103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

119:104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

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