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Psalms 37:23–24

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The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
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From verse 23

  1. Proverbs 16:9Rank 1 from verse 23
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    9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

  2. Psalms 119:133Rank 2 from verse 23
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    133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

  3. Proverbs 4:26Rank 3 from verse 23
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    26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

  4. 1 Samuel 2:9Rank 4 from verse 23
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    9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

  5. Psalms 40:2Rank 5 from verse 23
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    2He 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.

From verse 24

  1. Proverbs 24:16Rank 1 from verse 24
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    16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  2. Psalms 145:14Rank 2 from verse 24
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    14The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

  3. Psalms 94:18Rank 3 from verse 24
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    18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

  4. Micah 7:7–8Rank 4 from verse 24
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    7Therefore 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.

  5. John 10:27–30Rank 5 from verse 24
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    27My 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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Psalms 37:23

COMBINED MEANING

steps

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Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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delighteth

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Third-person singular present form of delight. Takes or gives great pleasure or satisfaction.

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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.

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Psalms 37:24

COMBINED MEANING

fall

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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

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cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

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

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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22For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

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24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

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25I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

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