Psalms 78:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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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.
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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 78:8 : 8 And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Acts 8:21 : 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.
Ps 51:10 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
Deut 31:20 : 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
Ps 44:17-18 : 17 All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
Ps 119:80 : 80 Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.
Hos 7:14 : 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.
Hos 7:16-8:1 : 16 They return, but not to [him that is] on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. 1 [Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [he cometh] against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Hos 10:2 : 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 78:36
80%
36But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.
Ps 78:10-11
2 verses
79%
10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
11And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.
Ps 78:8
78%
8And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Heb 8:9
77%
9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Ps 78:38
77%
38But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
Ps 78:56-58
3 verses
75%
56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;
57But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Ps 78:32
74%
32For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.
Hos 6:7
74%
7But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Ps 78:30
74%
30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,
Jer 11:8
72%
8Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.
2 Kgs 17:14-15
2 verses
72%
14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.
15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.
Ps 78:22
72%
22Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.
Job 34:27
72%
27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
Jer 11:10
72%
10They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Neh 9:35
72%
35For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
2 Kgs 18:12
71%
12because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.
Neh 9:16-17
2 verses
71%
16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
17and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.
Judg 2:20
71%
20And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
Heb 3:10-11
2 verses
71%
10Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;
11As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
Jer 31:32
71%
32not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.
Ps 78:40
71%
40How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
2 Kgs 17:40
70%
40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
Deut 32:5
70%
5They have dealt corruptly with him, [they] [are] not his children, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.
Ps 106:13
70%
13They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
Ps 78:42
70%
42They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
Ps 5:9
70%
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
Ps 106:24-25
2 verses
70%
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
25But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
Ps 44:17
70%
17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Jer 7:24
70%
24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Isa 57:17
70%
17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Ps 55:20
70%
20He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.
Judg 2:17
70%
17And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; [but] they did not so.
Deut 29:25
70%
25Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
Ps 89:33
70%
33But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Heb 3:17-18
2 verses
69%
17And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but {G3361} to them that were disobedient?
Ezek 20:16
69%
16because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Hos 7:2
69%
2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.
Ezek 17:14
69%
14that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
Jer 3:10
69%
10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.
Ps 106:45
69%
45And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Neh 9:26
69%
26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Ps 106:32
69%
32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;