Psalms 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
‖The Law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slide.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, going.
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- Psalms 40:8Rank 1 from verse 31
- Deuteronomy 6:6Rank 2 from verse 31
- Isaiah 51:7Rank 3 from verse 31
7¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
7¶ **Hearken vnto me ye that know righteousnesse, the people in whose heart is my Law: Feare ye not the reproch of men, neither be yee afraid of their reuilings.
- Psalms 119:11Rank 4 from verse 31
- Jeremiah 31:33Rank 5 from verse 31
33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
33*But this shall be the couenant, that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts, and wil be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Psalms 37:23Rank 6 from verse 31
- Psalms 121:3Rank 7 from verse 31
- Deuteronomy 11:18–20Rank 8 from verse 31
18¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
20And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
18¶ Therefore shall ye lay vp these my words in your heart, and in your soule, and *bind them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may bee as frontlets betweene your eyes.
19And *ye shal teach them your children, speaking of them, when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp.
20And thou shalt write them vpon the doore posts of thine house, and vpon thy gates:
- Hebrews 8:10Rank 9 from verse 31
10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
10For this is the Couenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those dayes, saith the Lord: *I wil †put my Lawes into their minde, and write them ‖in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shalbe to me a people.
- Proverbs 4:4Rank 11 from verse 31
- Psalms 1:2Rank 12 from verse 31
- Psalms 119:98Rank 13 from verse 31
- Psalms 40:2–3Rank 14 from verse 31
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.
3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
2†He brought me vp also out of an horrible pit, out of the mirie clay, and set my feete vpon a rock, and established my goings.
3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, euen praise vnto our God: many shall see it, and feare, and shall trust in the LORD.
- Psalms 44:18Rank 15 from verse 31
- Proverbs 14:15Rank 16 from verse 31
- Psalms 17:5Rank 17 from verse 31
- Psalms 73:2Rank 18 from verse 31
- Ezekiel 27:6Rank 19 from verse 31
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Psalms 37:31
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.
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The one true God.
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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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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Sense 1: To slip or lose footing. Sense 2: Figuratively, to lose stability or fall from a secure course.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisedome; and his tongue talketh of iudgement.
31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
31‖The Law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slide.
Selected passage32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.