Psalms 19:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

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  • Ps 12:6 : 6 The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.
  • Ps 119:128 : 128 Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
  • Ps 119:105 : 105 <NUN> Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.
  • Ps 119:80 : 80 Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.
  • Ps 119:14 : 14 I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.
  • Prov 30:5 : 5 Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 7:7 : 7 What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.
  • Rom 7:12-14 : 12 But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good. 13 Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to be sin by working death to me through that which is good; so that through the orders of the law sin might seem much more evil. 14 For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
  • Neh 9:13 : 13 And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.
  • Gal 3:10-13 : 10 For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law. 11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them. 13 Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
  • Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
  • Rom 2:17-20 : 17 But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God, 18 And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law, 19 In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark, 20 A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
  • Ps 119:143 : 143 Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.
  • Ps 119:171 : 171 Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.
  • Prov 2:6 : 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
  • 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.
  • Ps 119:40 : 40 See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.
  • Ps 119:54 : 54 Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.
  • Ps 119:92 : 92 If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.
  • Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever. 99 I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word. 100 I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
  • Ps 119:121 : 121 <AIN> I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.
  • Ps 13:3 : 3 Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
  • Ps 105:45 : 45 So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.
  • Ps 119:12 : 12 Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules.
  • Gen 26:5 : 5 Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.
  • Exod 18:16 : 16 And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.
  • Deut 4:5-6 : 5 I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage. 6 So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
  • Deut 12:11-12 : 11 Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord; 12 And you will be glad before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your men-servants and your women-servants, and the Levite who is with you in your house, because he has no part or heritage among you.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.
  • Deut 16:14 : 14 You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.
  • Neh 8:12 : 12 And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 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.

  • 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

  • 30 The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

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

  • 18 So long as you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep all his orders which I give you today, and do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • 7 The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging.

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    137 <TZADE> O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions.

    138 You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever.

  • Ps 119:1-2
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    1 <ALEPH> Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord.

    2 Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.

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

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    142 Your righteousness is an unchanging righteousness, and your law is certain.

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

  • 8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

  • 61 Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.

  • Ps 33:4-5
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    4 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are certain.

    5 His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

  • 11 Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

  • 12 But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.

  • 23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

  • 7 For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

  • Ps 119:34-35
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    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.

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

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

  • 9 And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.

  • 8 Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

  • 11 Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

  • 17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

  • 21 It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.

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

  • 8 And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

  • 1 Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

  • 16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

  • 6 The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

  • 15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

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

  • 25 And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.

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

  • 10 The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

  • 130 The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.

  • 15 Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

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

    160 Your word is true from the first; and your upright decision is unchanging for ever.

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

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

  • 8 A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

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

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

  • 2 Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.