KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 37:22–24
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Psalms 37:22
22For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
22For such as be blessed of him, shall inherite the earth: and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.
Psalms 37:23
23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
23‖The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
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Psalms 37:24
24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
24Though hee fall, he shall not be vtterly cast downe: for the LORD vpholdeth him with his hand.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 37:22
Of the kind, degree, or character already named or indicated.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Favored by God; happy or spiritually prosperous; or praised, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To receive, possess, or enjoy as an heir, allotment, gift, or lasting possession.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Execrated; afflicted; vexed; tormented; blasted by a curse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument; figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Psalms 37:23
Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Regulated; methodized; disposed; commanded; managed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
delighteth
To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 37:24
To descend, drop, or lose an upright position; to come upon, attack, happen, decline, fail, or be overthrown; as a noun, descent, ruin, or overthrow, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To throw, send forth, place, reckon, or discard, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 22
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Open the full verse study33¶ The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
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Open the full verse study22If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.
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Open the full verse study13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
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Open the full verse study9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
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Open the full verse study10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
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Open the full verse study3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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Open the full verse study41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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Open the full verse study15Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
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Open the full verse study21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
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Open the full verse study11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
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Open the full verse study18The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
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Open the full verse study28For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
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Open the full verse study3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
4I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
From verse 23
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Open the full verse study9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
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Open the full verse study133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
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Open the full verse study26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
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Open the full verse study9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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Open the full verse study2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
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Open the full verse study8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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Open the full verse study13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
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Open the full verse study23¶ O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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Open the full verse study3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
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Open the full verse study10He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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Open the full verse study11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
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Open the full verse study5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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Open the full verse study5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
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Open the full verse study24But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
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Open the full verse study20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
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Open the full verse study16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
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Open the full verse study14The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
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Open the full verse study18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
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Open the full verse study7Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
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Open the full verse study27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
30I and my Father are one.
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Open the full verse study31¶ And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
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Open the full verse study2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
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Open the full verse study19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
20He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
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Open the full verse study34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
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Open the full verse study6The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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Open the full verse study17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.
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Open the full verse study12They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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Open the full verse study60And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
61And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
62And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
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