Psalms 119:2–3
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies: and that seeke him with the whole heart.
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
They also doe no iniquitie: they walke in his wayes.
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From verse 2
- Jeremiah 29:13Rank 1 from verse 2
13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
13And ye shall seeke me, and finde me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
- Deuteronomy 4:29Rank 2 from verse 2
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.
29But if from thence thou shalt seeke the LORD thy God, thou shalt finde him, if thou seeke him with all thy heart, and with all thy soule.
- Psalms 119:10Rank 3 from verse 2
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
10With my whole heart haue I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy Commandements.
- John 14:23Rank 4 from verse 2
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.
23Iesus answered, and saide vnto him, If a man loue mee, he will keepe my wordes: and my Father will loue him, and wee will come vnto him, and make our abode with him.
- Psalms 25:10Rank 5 from verse 2
10All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
10All the pathes of the LORD are mercy and truth: vnto such as keepe his couenant, and his testimonies.
- Ezekiel 36:27Rank 6 from verse 2
27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
27*And I wil put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walke in my Statutes, and ye shall keepe my iudgements, and doe them.
- Deuteronomy 6:17Rank 7 from verse 2
17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
17You shall diligently keepe the Commandements of the LORD your God, and his Testimonies, and his Statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
- Proverbs 23:26Rank 8 from verse 2
26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
26My sonne, giue me thine heart, and let thine eyes obserue my wayes.
- 1 Kings 2:3Rank 9 from verse 2
3And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
3And keepe the charge of the LORD thy God, to walke in his wayes, to keepe his Statutes, and his Commandements, & his Iudgements, and his Testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest *‖prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoeuer thou turnest thy selfe:
- 2 Chronicles 31:21Rank 10 from verse 2
21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
21And in euery worke that he began in the seruice of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandements to seeke his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
- Deuteronomy 6:5Rank 11 from verse 2
5And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
5And *thou shalt loue the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy might.
- 1 John 3:20Rank 12 from verse 2
20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
20For if our heart condemne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all things.
- Psalms 105:45Rank 13 from verse 2
45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.
45That they might obserue his statutes, and keepe his Lawes, Praise ye the LORD.
- Psalms 119:22Rank 14 from verse 2
22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
22Remooue from me reproch and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
- Psalms 119:146Rank 15 from verse 2
146I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
146‖I cried vnto thee, saue me: and I shall keepe thy testimonies.
From verse 3
- 1 John 5:18Rank 1 from verse 3
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.
18We know that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but hee that is begotten of God, keepeth himselfe, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
- 1 John 3:9Rank 2 from verse 3
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.
9Whosoeuer is borne of God, doth not commit sinne: for his seede remaineth in him, and he cannot sinne, because he is borne of God.
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Psalms 119:2
Favored by God; happy or spiritually prosperous; or praised, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828
To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.
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testimonies
Witnesses, records, declarations, or divine commands that bear witness.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Entire, complete, or undivided; also sound or restored to health, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828
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Psalms 119:3
Wickedness, unrighteousness, injustice, or a particular sin.
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1BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
1¶ Blessed are the ‖vndefiled in the way: who walke in the Law of the LORD.
2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
2Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies: and that seeke him with the whole heart.
Selected passage3They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
3They also doe no iniquitie: they walke in his wayes.
Selected passage4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
4Thou hast commaunded vs to keepe thy precepts diligently.