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Psalms 73:23–24

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Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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From verse 23

  1. Isaiah 41:13Rank 1 from verse 23
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    13For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

  2. Psalms 63:8Rank 2 from verse 23
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    8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

  3. Matthew 28:20Rank 3 from verse 23
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    20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  4. Hebrews 13:5Rank 4 from verse 23
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    5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

  5. Psalms 16:8Rank 5 from verse 23
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    8I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

From verse 24

  1. Psalms 32:8Rank 1 from verse 24
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    8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

  2. Isaiah 58:11Rank 2 from verse 24
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    11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

  3. Proverbs 3:5–6Rank 3 from verse 24
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    5¶ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

    6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

  4. Isaiah 48:17Rank 4 from verse 24
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    17Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

  5. Psalms 48:14Rank 5 from verse 24
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    14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

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Psalms 73:23

COMBINED MEANING

continually

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1. Repeatedly, habitually, or at every appointed recurrence. 2. Without pause or cessation during the period stated.

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

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

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holden

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Held, grasped, kept, restrained, confined, supported, sustained, observed, or celebrated.

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

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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.

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Psalms 73:24

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

guide

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1. To lead or direct in a way, course, action, or understanding. 2. One who leads or directs another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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counsel

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1. A purpose, plan, design, or settled decision. 2. Advice, guidance, or direction. 3. Wisdom, judgment, or understanding for determining a course. 4. As a verb, to advise, direct, or recommend a course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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73:1TRULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

73:2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

73:3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

73:4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

73:5They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

73:6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

73:7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

73:8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

73:9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

73:10Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

73:11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

73:12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

73:14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

73:15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

73:16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

73:17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

73:18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

73:19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

73:20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

73:21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

73:22So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

73:23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

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73:24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

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73:25Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

73:27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

73:28But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.

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