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Psalms 119:167–168
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Psalms 119:167
167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
167My soule hath kept thy testimonies: and I loue them exceedingly.
Psalms 119:168
168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
168I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 119:167
Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
testimonies
Witnesses, records, declarations, or divine commands that bear witness.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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exceedingly
To a very great, intense, or unusual degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 119:168
Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Commands, rules, or authoritative instructions.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
testimonies
Witnesses, records, declarations, or divine commands that bear witness.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 167
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Open the full verse study16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
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Open the full verse study8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
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Open the full verse study22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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Open the full verse study21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
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Open the full verse study9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
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Open the full verse study111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
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Open the full verse study159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.
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Open the full verse study97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
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Open the full verse study6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
From verse 168
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Open the full verse study21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
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Open the full verse study3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
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Open the full verse study20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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Open the full verse study24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
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Open the full verse study8Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
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Open the full verse study23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
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Open the full verse study13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
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