Job 23:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 4:34 : 34 Iesus sayth vnto them: my meate is to do the wyll of hym that sent me, and to finishe his worke.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte: truely they be sweeter then hony is to my mouth.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 When I had founde thy wordes I did eate them vp greedyly, they haue made my heart ioyfull and glad: for thy name was called vpon me O Lorde God of hoastes.
  • John 4:32 : 32 He sayde vnto them: I haue meate to eate that ye wote not of.
  • Job 22:22 : 22 Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart.
  • John 6:66-69 : 66 From that time, many of his disciples wet backe, & walked no more with him. 67 Then sayde Iesus vnto the twelue: Wyll ye also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter aunswered him: Lorde, to who shall we go? Thou hast the wordes of eternall lyfe: 69 And we beleue and are sure that thou art Christe, the sonne of ye lyuyng God.
  • John 8:31 : 31 Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes which beleued on him: Yf ye continue in my word, then are ye my very disciples.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 And strengthed the disciples soules agayne, and exhorted them to continue in the fayth, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kyngdome of God.
  • Ps 19:9-9 : 9 The feare of God is sincere, & endureth for euer: the iudgementes of God are trueth, they be iust in all poyntes. 10 They are more to be desired then golde, yea then much fine golde: they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee.
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 Therfore I loue thy commaundementes: aboue golde and precious stone.
  • Job 6:10 : 10 Then shoulde I haue some comfort, yea I woulde desire him in my payne that he would not spare, for I wil not be against the wordes of the holy one.
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lorde saide: Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their portion of meate in due season?
  • Luke 12:46 : 46 The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers.
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 And the iuste shall lyue by fayth: And yf he withdrawe hym selfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym. 39 We are not of them that withdrawe our selues vnto perdition: but we parteyne vnto fayth, to the wynning of the soule.
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 And as newe borne babes, desire ye ye milke of the worde, which is without deceipt: that ye may growe therby vnto saluatio
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: For yf they had ben of vs, they woulde no doubt haue continued with vs: But that it myght appeare that they were not of vs.

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    11My foote doth kepe his path, his hie way haue I holden, and will not go out of it.

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    22For I haue kept the wayes of ye Lord: and did not wickedly agaynst my God.

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  • Jer 17:16
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    16Wheras I neuerthelesse obediently folowed thee as a sheephearde, & haue not vncalled taken this office vpon me, this knowest thou well: my wordes also were ryght before thee.

  • Ps 17:3-5
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    3Thou hast proued myne heart, thou hast visited it in the nyght season: thou hast tryed me, and founde no wickednesse, for I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth.

    4As touchyng other mens workes: through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent.

    5O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes: that my footesteppes slyp not.

  • Ps 18:21-22
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    21Because I had kept the wayes of God: and had not wickedly shronke from my God.

    22For all his lawes were before me: and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me.

  • Ps 119:13
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    13I haue declared with my lyppes: all the iudgementes of thy mouth.

  • Ps 119:101-103
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    101I haue rstrayned my feete from euery euyll way: that I may kepe thy worde.

    102I haue not shrinked from thy iudgementes: for thou didst teache me.

    103Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte: truely they be sweeter then hony is to my mouth.

  • Job 31:30
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    30I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule.

  • Ps 119:43
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    43Take not the worde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for my hope is in thy iudgementes.

  • Ps 119:10-11
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    10I haue sought thee with my whole heart: suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes.

    11I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee.

  • Deut 26:14
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    14I haue not eaten therof in my mournyng, nor suffred ought to perishe thorowe vnclennesse, nor geuen ought therof for the dead: but haue hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde my God, and haue done after all that thou hast commaunded me.

  • Job 20:13
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    13That he fauoured, that would he not forsake, but kept it close in his throte.

  • Num 23:12
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    12He aunswered and sayd: Must I not take heede to speake that whiche the lorde hath put in my mouth?

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    13He is still at one poynt, and who can turne him? he doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will.

  • Ps 119:131
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    131I opened my mouth and panted: for I bare a great affection to thy commaundementes.

  • Jer 15:16
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    16When I had founde thy wordes I did eate them vp greedyly, they haue made my heart ioyfull and glad: for thy name was called vpon me O Lorde God of hoastes.

  • Job 31:27
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    27Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande?

  • Ps 119:72
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    72The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me: then thousandes of golde & siluer.

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    3Set a watch O God before my mouth: and kepe the doore of my lippes.

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    11Haue not the eares pleasure in hearing? and the mouth in tasting the thing that it eateth?

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    127Therfore I loue thy commaundementes: aboue golde and precious stone.

  • Prov 30:8-9
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    8Remoue farre fro me vanitie and lyes, geue me neither pouertie nor riches, only graunt me a necessary lyuyng:

    9Lest peraduenture I beyng full, shoulde denie thee, and say, who is the Lorde? or beyng oppressed with pouertie fall to stealyng, and forswere the name of my God.

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  • Job 22:22
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    22Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart.

  • Ps 19:10
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    10They are more to be desired then golde, yea then much fine golde: they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe.

  • Ps 119:56
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    56This came to passe for me: because I kept thy commaundementes.

  • Ps 119:16
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    16My delyght shalbe in thy statutes: and I wyll not forget thy worde.

  • Ps 44:18
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    18Our heart is not turned backe, neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes:

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    4My lippes shall talke of no vanitie, and my tongue shall speake no disceite.

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    3My heart doth order my wordes aright, and my lippes talke of pure wysedome.

  • Prov 4:5
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    5Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:

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    5The Lorde God hath opened myne eare, and I haue not gaynesayde nor withdrawen my selfe.

  • Prov 5:13
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    13Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me?

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    14He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wil not aunswere hym as ye haue done.

  • Job 31:17
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    17If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof:

  • Prov 5:7
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    7Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

  • Job 13:14
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    14Wherefore do I beare my fleshe in my teeth, and put my soule in myne handes?

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    34I wyll not violate my couenaunt: nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes.

  • Ps 119:60
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    60I made haste and I made no delay: for to kepe thy commaundementes.

  • Jer 20:9
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    9Wherefore I thought from hencefoorth not to speake of hym, nor to preache any more in his name: but the worde of the Lorde was a very burning fire in my heart and in my bones, whiche when I woulde haue stopped, I might not.