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Psalms 119:101–103

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

From verse 103

  1. Proverbs 8:11Rank 1 from verse 103
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    11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

  2. Psalms 19:10Rank 2 from verse 103
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    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  3. Proverbs 24:13–14Rank 3 from verse 103
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    13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  4. Psalms 63:5Rank 4 from verse 103
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    5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

  5. Job 23:12Rank 5 from verse 103
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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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Psalms 119:101

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

every

Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

keep

To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

word

A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 119:102

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 119:103

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

sweet

Pleasing to the smell; fragrant. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 · KJV usage

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

words

Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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taste

To perceive, try, eat, or drink by the mouth; as a noun, the flavor or sensation so perceived.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

yea

Yes; truly; an expression of affirmation or emphasis.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

sweeter

Pleasing to the smell; fragrant. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 · KJV usage

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

mouth

The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage

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

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

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

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

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

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