Psalms 119:97

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 1:2 : 2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
  • Ps 119:48 : 48 And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.
  • Ps 119:159 : 159 See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.
  • Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.
  • Ps 119:167 : 167 My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.
  • Prov 2:10 : 10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
  • Prov 18:1 : 1 He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.
  • Ps 119:113 : 113 <SAMECH> I am a hater of men of doubting mind; but I am a lover of your law.
  • Deut 6:6-9 : 6 Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts; 7 Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up. 8 Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow; 9 Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.
  • Deut 17:19 : 19 And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:
  • Josh 1:8 : 8 Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Ps 119:47-48
    2 verses
    79%

    47And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.

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

  • Ps 119:159
    78%

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

  • Ps 119:127
    77%

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

  • Ps 119:76-77
    2 verses
    76%

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

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

  • Ps 119:167-168
    2 verses
    76%

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

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

  • Ps 119:10-16
    7 verses
    76%

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

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

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

    13With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.

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

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

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

  • Ps 119:111-113
    3 verses
    75%

    111I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.

    112My 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 119:98-99
    2 verses
    75%

    98Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.

    99I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word.

  • Ps 119:174
    75%

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

  • Ps 119:33-35
    3 verses
    74%

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

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

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

  • Ps 119:163-165
    3 verses
    74%

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

    164Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions.

    165Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.

  • Ps 119:96
    74%

    96I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.

  • Ps 119:103
    74%

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

  • Ps 119:129
    74%

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

  • Ps 119:72-73
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Ps 119:143
    73%

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

  • Ps 119:55-58
    4 verses
    73%

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

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

    57<CHETH> The Lord is my heritage: I have said that I would be ruled by your words.

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

  • Ps 119:140
    73%

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

  • Ps 119:18
    73%

    18Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.

  • Ps 119:119
    73%

    119All 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 119:93
    73%

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

  • Ps 119:66
    72%

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

  • Ps 119:131
    72%

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

  • Ps 119:5
    72%

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

  • Ps 119:20
    72%

    20My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times.

  • Ps 119:40
    72%

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

  • Ps 119:27
    72%

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

  • Ps 1:2
    71%

    2But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

  • Ps 40:8
    71%

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

  • Ps 139:17
    71%

    17How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!