Psalms 17:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 6:5 : 5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
  • Gen 6:11 : 11 And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
  • Job 31:33 : 33 If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good. 2 The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God. 3 They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 <BETH> How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word. 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.
  • Prov 2:10-15 : 10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul; 11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you; 12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false; 13 Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads; 14 Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner; 15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
  • Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.
  • John 17:17 : 17 Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
  • Eph 6:17 : 17 And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
  • 1 Pet 4:2-3 : 2 So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God. 3 Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
  • Rev 9:11 : 11 They have over them as king the angel of the great deep: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek language Apollyon.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.

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

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    4 O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.

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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.

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  • Ps 141:3-4
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    3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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  • Jer 17:16
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    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.

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    76%

    101 I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.

  • Ps 18:21
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    21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

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

  • Ps 39:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

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

  • 2 Sam 22:37-38
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    37 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.

    38 I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

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

  • Ps 119:9-11
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    9 <BETH> How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.

    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.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

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    9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

  • Ps 18:36
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    36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

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    72%

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

  • 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.

  • Prov 8:7-8
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    7 For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

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

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    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

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    11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

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    11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

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    4 For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.

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    26 Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.

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

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    2 But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I was near to slipping;

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    9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

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

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    13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

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    17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

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    10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

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    13 Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

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