Psalms 17:4

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy li I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 6:5 : 5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 6:11 : 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
  • Job 31:33 : 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 To the chief Musician, A alm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
  • Prov 2:10-15 : 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall eserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
  • Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
  • John 17:17 : 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
  • Eph 6:17 : 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
  • 1 Pet 4:2-3 : 2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Rev 9:11 : 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebw tongue is Abaddon, but in the Gek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

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