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Psalms 119:59–60

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I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
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From verse 59

  1. 2 Corinthians 13:5Rank 1 from verse 59
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    5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

  2. Ezekiel 18:28Rank 2 from verse 59
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    28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  3. Lamentations 3:40Rank 3 from verse 59
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    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

  4. 2 Corinthians 12:21Rank 4 from verse 59
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    21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

  5. Luke 15:17–20Rank 5 from verse 59
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    17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

    18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

    19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

    20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

From verse 60

  1. Psalms 95:7–8Rank 1 from verse 60
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    7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

    8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

  2. Ecclesiastes 9:10Rank 2 from verse 60
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    10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  3. Galatians 1:16Rank 3 from verse 60
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    16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

  4. Proverbs 27:1Rank 4 from verse 60
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    1BOAST not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

  5. Ezekiel 10:6–8Rank 5 from verse 60
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    6And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

    7And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.

    8¶ And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings.

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Psalms 119:59

COMBINED MEANING

thought

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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of think: considered, supposed, intended, purposed, judged, reckoned, or called to mind. Sense 2: A thought, intention, purpose, judgment, or matter of the mind or heart. Sense 3: In the phrase ‘take thought,’ anxious care or concern.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 119:60

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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haste

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1. To move or act quickly or without delay. 2. Speed or hurry in action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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delayed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of delay, meaning to put off or wait before acting.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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119:57Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.

119:58I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

119:59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

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119:60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

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119:61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

119:63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

119:64The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

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