Job 23:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
  • John 4:32 : 32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.
  • Job 22:22 : 22 Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.
  • John 6:66-69 : 66 Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away? 68 Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life; 69 And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
  • John 8:31 : 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
  • Ps 19:9-9 : 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.
  • Job 6:10 : 10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?
  • Luke 12:46 : 46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 23:11
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    11 My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.

  • 2 Sam 22:22-23
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    75%

    22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

    23 For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

  • Jer 17:16
    74%

    16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.

  • Ps 17:3-5
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    74%

    3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

    4 As for the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

    5 I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

  • Ps 18:21-22
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    74%

    21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

    22 For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

  • Ps 119:13
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    13 With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.

  • Ps 119:101-103
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    101 I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.

    102 My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.

    103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

  • Job 31:30
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    30 (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

  • Ps 119:43
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    43 Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.

  • Ps 119:10-11
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    71%

    10 I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.

    11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

  • Deut 26:14
    71%

    14 No part of these things has been used for food in a time of weeping, or put away when I was unclean, or given for the dead: I have given ear to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done all you have given me orders to do.

  • Job 20:13
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    13 Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

  • Num 23:12
    70%

    12 And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?

  • Job 23:13
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    13 But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.

  • Ps 119:131
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    131 My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings.

  • Jer 15:16
    70%

    16 But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

  • Job 31:27
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    27 A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

  • Ps 119:72
    70%

    72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

  • Ps 141:3-4
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    70%

    3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

    4 Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.

  • Job 12:11
    69%

    11 Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

  • Ps 119:127
    69%

    127 For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.

  • Prov 30:8-9
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    8 Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

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  • Ps 39:1
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    22 Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.

  • Ps 19:10
    69%

    10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.

  • Ps 119:56
    69%

    56 This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.

  • Ps 119:16
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    16 I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.

  • Ps 44:18
    69%

    18 Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;

  • Job 27:4
    68%

    4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

  • Job 33:3
    68%

    3 My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

  • Prov 4:5
    68%

    5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:18
    68%

    18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Isa 50:5
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    5 And I have not put myself against him, or let my heart be turned back from him.

  • Prov 5:13
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    13 I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!

  • Job 32:14
    68%

    14 I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

  • Job 31:17
    68%

    17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

  • Prov 5:7
    68%

    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

  • Job 13:14
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    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

  • Ps 89:34
    68%

    34 I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

  • Ps 119:60
    68%

    60 I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.

  • Jer 20:9
    68%

    9 And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.