Psalms 26:1

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<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.

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  • Ps 7:8 : 8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
  • Ps 28:7 : 7 The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.
  • Prov 20:7 : 7 An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.
  • 1 Cor 4:3-6 : 3 But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself. 4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge. 5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God. 6 My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
  • Heb 10:23 : 23 Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
  • Ps 31:14 : 14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.
  • Ps 35:24 : 24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.
  • Ps 37:31 : 31 The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.
  • Ps 54:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David. When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Is not David keeping himself secret among us?> Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.
  • Ps 62:2 : 2 He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
  • Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
  • Ps 94:18 : 18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
  • Ps 121:3 : 3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.
  • Ps 121:7-8 : 7 The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul. 8 The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.
  • Ps 4:5 : 5 Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.
  • 1 Sam 24:15 : 15 After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.
  • Ps 15:2 : 2 He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;
  • Ps 21:7 : 7 For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.
  • Ps 25:2 : 2 O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
  • Ps 26:11 : 11 But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 26:11-12
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    11 But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

    12 I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.

  • Ps 26:2-3
    2 verses
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    2 Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

    3 For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.

  • Job 31:5-7
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    79%

    5 If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

    6 (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

    7 If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

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    8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

  • Ps 25:20-21
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    20 O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

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

  • 14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

  • 1 <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

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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.

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

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

  • 24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

  • Ps 18:21-23
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    76%

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

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

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

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

  • 37 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.

  • 1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

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

  • 8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

  • 12 And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.

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

  • 6 I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

  • 3 You 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.

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

  • 7 The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

  • 23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

  • 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.

  • 16 I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

  • Job 27:5-6
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    5 Let 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.

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

  • 43 Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

  • 15 For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.

  • 18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.

  • 9 I will go before the Lord in the land of the living.

  • 1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

  • 12 But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;

  • 20 But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody.

  • 1 In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.

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    3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

  • 8 I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

  • 1 <For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?