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Psalms 119:2–3

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Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
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From verse 2

  1. Jeremiah 29:13Rank 1 from verse 2
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    13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:29Rank 2 from verse 2
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    29But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

  3. Psalms 119:10Rank 3 from verse 2
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    10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

  4. John 14:23Rank 4 from verse 2
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    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.

  5. Psalms 25:10Rank 5 from verse 2
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    10All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

From verse 3

  1. 1 John 5:18Rank 1 from verse 3
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    18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

  2. 1 John 3:9Rank 2 from verse 3
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    9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

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Psalms 119:2

COMBINED MEANING

blessed

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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

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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.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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Psalms 119:3

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iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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1BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

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3They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

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4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

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