Psalms 37:23

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The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Prov 4:26 : 26 Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
  • Jer 10:23 : 23 O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
  • Ps 119:133 : 133 Let my steps be guided by your word; and let not sin have control over me.
  • Ps 121:8 : 8 The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.
  • Ps 121:3 : 3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.
  • Ps 40:2 : 2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
  • Ps 85:13 : 13 Righteousness will go before him, making a way for his footsteps.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
  • Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.
  • Jer 9:24 : 24 But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.
  • Prov 11:20 : 20 The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight
  • Job 23:11-12 : 11 My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other. 12 I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
  • Ps 17:5 : 5 I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

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    13Righteousness will go before him, making a way for his footsteps.

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    24A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

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

  • Jer 10:23
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    23O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

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    133Let my steps be guided by your word; and let not sin have control over me.

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    11My 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 37:3-5
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    3Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.

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    6In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

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    21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

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

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    1Let 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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    7The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

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

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    21For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

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    22Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

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