Acts 2:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.

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  • Ps 21:6 : 6 For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.
  • Ps 16:11 : 11 You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.
  • Ps 21:4 : 4 He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.
  • Ps 4:6-7 : 6 There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us. 7 Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.
  • Ps 25:4 : 4 Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways.
  • Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • Prov 2:19 : 19 Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
  • Prov 8:20 : 20 I go in the road of righteousness, in the way of right judging:
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead; 26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

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  • Ps 16:8-11
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    8 I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

    9 Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

    10 For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.

    11 You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

  • 6 For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

  • Acts 2:25-27
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    25 For David said of him, I saw the Lord before my face at all times, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved:

    26 And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:

    27 For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.

  • Ps 116:8-9
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    8 You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

    9 I will go before the Lord in the land of the living.

  • 11 By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have taken away my clothing of grief, and given me robes of joy;

  • 29 My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.

  • 4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.

  • Ps 31:7-8
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    7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

    8 And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

  • Ps 4:6-7
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    6 There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

    7 Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

  • Ps 71:20-21
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    20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

    21 You will make me greater than before, and give me comfort on every side.

  • Ps 41:11-12
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    11 By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

    12 And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.

  • 12 Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.

  • 8 When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.

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    34 And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words, I will give you the holy and certain mercies of David.

    35 Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction.

  • 12 You have been kind to me, and your grace has been with me, and your care has kept my spirit safe.

  • 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.

  • 8 Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

  • 3 O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • 24 Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.

  • 15 Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

  • 13 Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

  • 9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

  • 37 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.

  • 4 He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

  • Ps 18:35-36
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    35 You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

    36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

  • 20 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

  • 28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

  • 14 And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!

  • 2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

  • 7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

  • 16 O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.

  • 3 You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

  • 21 The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

  • 29 For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

  • 23 For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

  • 1 <A Psalm. A Song at the blessing of the House. Of David.> I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.

  • 5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.