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Psalms 18:21

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For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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  1. Psalms 119:102Rank 1 from verse 21
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    102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

  2. 1 John 2:19Rank 2 from verse 21
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    19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

  3. Acts 24:16Rank 3 from verse 21
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    16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

  4. Proverbs 8:32Rank 4 from verse 21
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    32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

  5. Psalms 17:4Rank 5 from verse 21
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    4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

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Psalms 18:21

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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departed

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1. Left, went away, or moved from a place or person. 2. Ceased to remain, was removed, disappeared, or passed away. 3. Turned or separated from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. Left earthly life or this world.

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20The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

21For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

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