Psalms 119:37

American Standard Version (1901)

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
  • Num 15:39 : 39 and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot;
  • Ps 119:25 : 25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.
  • Prov 4:25 : 25 Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
  • Ps 119:40 : 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • Job 31:1 : 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
  • Josh 7:21 : 21 when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
  • Ps 71:20 : 20 Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 119:33-36
    4 verses
    80%

    33 HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.

    34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

    35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.

    36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.

  • Ps 119:38-40
    3 verses
    79%

    38 Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which [is in order] unto the fear of thee.

    39 Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.

    40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.

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    158 I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.

    159 Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

  • 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.

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    148 Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.

    149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.

  • Ps 119:27-29
    3 verses
    77%

    27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.

    28 My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

    29 Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.

  • 25 Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

  • 5 Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

  • 25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.

  • Ps 119:8-11
    4 verses
    75%

    8 I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.

    9 BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.

    10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

    11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

  • 107 I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

  • 88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.

  • 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

  • 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.

  • 133 Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

  • 154 Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.

  • 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.

  • 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.

  • 11 Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

  • 3 I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.

  • 3 Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;

  • 22 Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.

  • 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

  • 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

  • 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.

  • 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

  • 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.

  • 59 I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

  • 8 For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.

  • 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

  • 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

  • 26 My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

  • 12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

  • 8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

  • 21 and turn ye not aside; for [then would ye go] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

  • 15 I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

  • 93 I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.

  • 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon equity.