Psalms 119:176

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.

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  • Ps 119:61 : 61 The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law.
  • Song 1:4 : 4 Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
  • Ezek 34:6 : 6 And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.
  • Matt 15:24 : 24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.
  • Luke 15:4-7 : 4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is? 5 And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy. 6 And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away. 7 I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.
  • John 10:16 : 16 And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
  • Gal 4:9 : 9 But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.
  • Matt 18:12-13 : 12 What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one? 13 And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.
  • Matt 10:6 : 6 But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.
  • Jer 31:18 : 18 Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.
  • Ps 119:93 : 93 I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 119:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Ps 119:66-67
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    74%

    66 Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.

    67 Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

  • 8 I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely.

  • 6 My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.

  • 19 I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.

  • 141 I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.

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

  • Ps 119:93-94
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    73%

    93 I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.

    94 I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules.

  • 73%

    109 My soul is ever in danger; but I still keep the memory of your law.

    110 Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders.

  • 125 I am your servant; give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your unchanging word.

  • 153 <RESH> O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind,

  • 72%

    166 Lord, my hope has been in your salvation; and I have kept your teachings.

    167 My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.

    168 I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.

  • Ps 119:86-87
    2 verses
    72%

    86 All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help.

    87 They had almost put an end to me on earth; but I did not give up your orders.

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

  • 76 Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.

  • Ps 119:58-61
    4 verses
    72%

    58 I have given my mind to do your pleasure with all my heart; have mercy on me, as you have said.

    59 I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.

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

    61 The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law.

  • Ps 119:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5 If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!

    6 Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.

  • 9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be working for your good.

  • 139 My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.

  • 45 So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.

  • 175 Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support.

  • 6 And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

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

  • 71%

    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.

  • 71%

    158 I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.

    159 See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

  • Ps 119:54-56
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    71%

    54 Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.

    55 I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law.

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

  • 146 My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word.

  • 49 <ZAIN> Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.

  • 35 Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.

  • 40 See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.

  • 143 Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

  • 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.

  • 26 I put the record of my ways before you, and you gave me an answer: O give me knowledge of your rules.

  • 172 Let my tongue make songs in praise of your word; for all your teachings are righteousness.