Psalms 139:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Ps 5:8 : 8 Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
Ps 119:32 : 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Prov 28:26 : 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Jer 17:9-9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? 10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
Matt 7:14 : 14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Col 2:6 : 6 As therefore ye {G3880} received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in him,
Heb 12:15-16 : 15 looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby {G1223} the many be defiled; 16 lest [there] [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
Prov 15:9 : 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
Ps 119:1 : 1 ALEPH. Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
Ps 143:8 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
Ps 7:3-4 : 3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 139:23
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23Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
Ps 139:1-5
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76%
1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
Ps 26:1-2
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76%
1[ A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
2Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.
Ps 143:8
74%
8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
Ps 143:10
74%
10Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Ps 5:8
74%
8Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
Ps 25:4-5
2 verses
74%
4Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths.
5Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.
Ps 27:11
73%
11Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.
Ps 23:6
73%
6Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.
Ps 139:7-8
2 verses
73%
7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
Ps 139:10
73%
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
Ps 19:12-14
3 verses
72%
12Who can discern [his] errors? Clear thou me from hidden [faults].
13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; Let them not have dominion over me: Then shall I be upright, And I shall be clear from great transgression.
14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.
Ps 119:133
72%
133Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Jer 10:24
72%
24O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Ps 119:10
72%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
Ps 140:4
72%
4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
Ps 17:3
72%
3Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Ps 119:33
72%
33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.
Ps 23:3
71%
3He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Ps 138:8
71%
8Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Ps 73:24
71%
24Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Ps 51:10-11
2 verses
71%
10Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
11Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.
Job 10:6
71%
6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,
Ps 51:2-3
2 verses
71%
2Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
3For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.
Ps 142:3
71%
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Jer 12:3
71%
3But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
Ps 16:11
71%
11Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Ps 119:35
71%
35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
Ps 43:3
71%
3Oh send out thy light and thy truth; Let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.
Ps 130:3
71%
3If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Ps 17:5
71%
5My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
Lam 3:40
71%
40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
Ps 141:4
70%
4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.
Job 13:23
70%
23How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Ps 119:37
70%
37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
Ps 119:5
70%
5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
Ps 51:6
70%
6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
Jer 18:23
70%
23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
Job 31:7
70%
7If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands: