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Psalms 89:30

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If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
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  1. 2 Samuel 7:14Rank 1 from verse 30
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    14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

  2. 1 Chronicles 28:9Rank 2 from verse 30
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    9¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  3. Proverbs 28:4Rank 3 from verse 30
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    4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

  4. Psalms 119:53Rank 4 from verse 30
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    53Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

  5. Psalms 132:12Rank 5 from verse 30
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    12If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

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Psalms 89:30

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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forsake

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To leave, abandon, desert, reject, renounce, cease following, or withdraw from a person, place, way, command, duty, affection, or former course.

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law

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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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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

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31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

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