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Psalms 119:92

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Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
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  1. Romans 15:4Rank 1 from verse 92
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    4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

  2. Proverbs 6:22–23Rank 2 from verse 92
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    22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

    23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  3. Psalms 119:143Rank 3 from verse 92
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    143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

  4. Psalms 119:77Rank 4 from verse 92
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    77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

  5. Psalms 94:18–19Rank 5 from verse 92
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    18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

    19In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

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Psalms 119:92

COMBINED MEANING

unless

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Except; that is, remove or dismiss the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows.

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

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

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

COMBINED MEANING

delights

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Sense 1: Great pleasures, joys, or things that give pleasure. Sense 2: As a verb, gives great pleasure.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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91They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

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93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

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