Psalms 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
†Turne away mine eyes from beholding vanitie: and quicken thou me in thy way.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. make to passe.
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- 1 John 2:16Rank 1 from verse 37
- Proverbs 4:25Rank 2 from verse 37
- Isaiah 33:15Rank 3 from verse 37
15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
15*††‖†He that walketh righteously, and speaketh vprightly, hee that despiseth the gaine of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his eares from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing euill:
- Numbers 15:39Rank 5 from verse 37
39And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
39And it shall bee vnto you for a fringe, that ye may looke vpon it, and remember all the commandements of the LORD, and doe them: and that ye seeke not after your owne heart, and your owne eyes, after which ye vse to goe a whoring:
- Matthew 5:28Rank 6 from verse 37
- Proverbs 23:5Rank 7 from verse 37
- Psalms 119:40Rank 8 from verse 37
- Psalms 71:20Rank 9 from verse 37
- 2 Samuel 11:2Rank 10 from verse 37
2¶ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
2¶ And it came to passe in an euening tide, that Dauid arose from off his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the kings house: and from the roofe he saw a woman washing her selfe; and the woman was very beautifull to looke vpon.
- Joshua 7:21Rank 11 from verse 37
21When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
21When I saw among the spoiles a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of siluer, and a† wedge of gold of fiftie shekels weight, then I coueted them, and tooke them, and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the siluer vnder it.
- Psalms 119:25Rank 12 from verse 37
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Psalms 119:37
Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.
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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.
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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of behold, meaning to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.
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To give life to, make alive, or revive.
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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
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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36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
36Incline my heart vnto thy testimonies: and not to couetousnesse.
37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
37†Turne away mine eyes from beholding vanitie: and quicken thou me in thy way.
Selected passage38Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
38Stablish thy word vnto thy seruant: who is deuoted to thy feare.