Psalms 18:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:102 : 102 My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;
  • 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.
  • 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.
  • 2 Chr 34:33 : 33 Josiah took away all the disgusting things out of all the lands of the children of Israel, and made all who were in Israel servants of the Lord their God. And as long as he was living they were true to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
  • Ps 17:4 : 4 As for the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.
  • Ps 119:10-11 : 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.

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    21The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

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

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

    24And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

    25Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

  • Ps 18:22-24
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    85%

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

    23And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

    24Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

  • Job 23:11-12
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    82%

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

    12I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

  • Ps 18:20
    81%

    20The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

  • Ps 119:101-102
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    80%

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

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

  • Ps 26:1
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    1<Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

  • Jer 17:16
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    16As 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 119:56
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    56This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.

  • Ps 17:3-5
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    75%

    3You 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.

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

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

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    18The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

  • Ps 119:168
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    168I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.

  • Ps 25:21
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    21For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

  • Ps 26:11
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    11But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

  • Ps 119:115
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    115Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.

  • Job 27:5-6
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    5Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

    6I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

  • Ps 119:22
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    22Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.

  • Ps 119:67
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    67Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

  • Ps 119:110
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    110Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders.

  • Ps 119:30
    73%

    30I have taken the way of faith: I have kept your decisions before me.

  • Ps 119:10-11
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    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.

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    106I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

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

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  • Ps 7:3
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    3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

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    72%

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    72%

    17Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

  • Ps 38:21
    72%

    21Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.

  • Ps 40:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

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    72%

    28That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

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

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    17O 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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    22And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.