Psalms 18:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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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.

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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 119:30 : 30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [before me].
Ps 119:112 : 112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
Ps 119:117 : 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:128 : 128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.
John 5:14 : 14 Afterward {G5023} Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest {G3361} a worse thing befall thee.
Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

2 Sam 22:21-25
5 verses
95%
21Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
23For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
25Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
Ps 18:20-21
2 verses
85%
20Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Ps 18:23-24
2 verses
84%
23I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Ps 119:101-102
2 verses
77%
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.
Ps 119:168
76%
168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:30
75%
30I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [before me].
Job 23:11-12
2 verses
75%
11My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
12I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Ps 119:5-8
4 verses
74%
5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
6Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.
8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.
Ps 119:22
73%
22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
Jer 17:16
73%
16As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
Ps 119:56
73%
56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
Ps 26:1
72%
1[ A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
Ps 119:13
72%
13With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
Ps 119:52
72%
52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
Jer 1:16
71%
16And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
Ps 119:112
71%
112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
Lev 19:37
71%
37And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.
Ps 41:12
71%
12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.
Ps 119:106
71%
106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
Ps 119:66-67
2 verses
71%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
Ps 119:26
71%
26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 26:3
71%
3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
Luke 18:21
71%
21And he said, All these things have I observed from my youth up.
Ps 119:43
71%
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
Ps 119:16
70%
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:11
70%
11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
Job 31:28
70%
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
Ezek 20:19
70%
19I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;
2 Chr 7:17
70%
17And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;
Exod 18:16
70%
16when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
2 Kgs 18:6
70%
6For he clave to Jehovah; he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.
Ps 31:22
70%
22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Prov 22:20
69%
20Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
Ps 17:4
69%
4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
Ps 119:33
69%
33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.
Deut 26:14
69%
14I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead: I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
Ps 119:119
69%
119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
Ps 101:3
69%
3I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.