Psalms 119:47

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:48 : 48 And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.
  • Ps 119:97 : 97 <MEM> O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
  • Ps 119:24 : 24 Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
  • Job 23:11-12 : 11 My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other. 12 I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
  • Ps 19:7-9 : 7 The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish. 8 The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes. 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 112:1 : 1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
  • Ps 119:140 : 140 Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.
  • Ps 119:167 : 167 My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.
  • Ps 119:174 : 174 All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • Rom 7:12 : 12 But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.
  • Rom 7:16 : 16 But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
  • Phil 2:5 : 5 Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
  • 1 Pet 2:21 : 21 This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 119:48
    84%

    48 And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.

  • Ps 119:14-16
    3 verses
    82%

    14 I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.

    15 I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.

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

  • Ps 119:143
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    143 Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

  • Ps 119:32-35
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    32 I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.

    33 <HE> O Lord, let me see the way of your rules, and I will keep it to the end.

    34 Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.

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

  • Ps 119:127
    80%

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

  • Ps 119:97
    79%

    97 <MEM> O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

  • Ps 119:166-167
    2 verses
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    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.

  • Ps 119:174
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    174 All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.

  • Ps 40:8
    78%

    8 My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

  • Ps 119:159
    77%

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

  • Ps 119:77
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    77 Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:10-12
    3 verses
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    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.

    12 Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules.

  • Ps 119:66
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    66 Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.

  • Ps 119:162-163
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    162 I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.

    163 I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.

  • Ps 119:45
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    45 So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.

  • Ps 119:6-7
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    6 Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.

    7 I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions.

  • Ps 119:40
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    40 See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.

  • Ps 119:111-113
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    111 I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.

    112 My heart is ever ready to keep your rules, even to the end.

    113 <SAMECH> I am a hater of men of doubting mind; but I am a lover of your law.

  • Ps 18:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,> I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.

  • Ps 119:140
    74%

    140 Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.

  • Ps 104:34
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    34 Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.

  • Ps 119:60
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    60 I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.

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

  • Ps 119:56
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    56 This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.

  • Ps 37:4
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    4 So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.

  • Ps 119:24
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    24 Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.

  • Ps 119:4
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    4 You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care.

  • Ps 119:73-74
    2 verses
    73%

    73 <JOD> Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.

    74 Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word.

  • Ps 119:171-172
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    171 Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.

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

  • Ps 119:69
    73%

    69 The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.

  • Ps 112:1
    73%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

  • Ps 119:129
    73%

    129 <PE> Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for this reason my soul keeps it.

  • Ps 119:52
    73%

    52 I have kept the memory of your decisions from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort.

  • Ps 31:7
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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;

  • Ps 119:119
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    119 All the sinners of the earth are like waste metal in your eyes; and for this cause I give my love to your unchanging word.

  • Ps 119:27
    72%

    27 Make the way of your orders clear to me; then my thoughts will be ever on your wonders.