Psalms 119:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֭שְׁרֵי נֹצְרֵ֥י עֵדֹתָ֗יו בְּכָל־לֵ֥ב יִדְרְשֽׁוּהוּ׃

Transliteration

ʾašrê nōṣərê ʿēdōtāyw with-all-lēḇ yidərəšûhû

Grammar Details

*ʾašrê*: construct plural - blessedness/happiness of
*nōṣərê*: Qal participle masculine plural construct - keepers/observers of
*ʿēdōtāyw*: feminine plural noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his testimonies
with-all-*lēḇ*: preposition *bə* + noun *kol* + noun *lēḇ* - with all heart
*yidərəšûhû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they seek him

Word Meanings

*ʾašrê*: blessed/happy/fortunate
*nōṣərê*: keepers/preservers/observers/guardians
*ʿēdōtāyw*: testimonies/witnesses/decrees
*lēḇ*: heart/mind/inner self
*yidərəšûhû*: seek/inquire/search for/require

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Deut 4:29 : 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Ps 119:10 : 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Ps 119:22 : 22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Ps 119:146 : 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
Prov 23:26 : 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Jer 29:13 : 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
1 John 3:20 : 20 For if our heart condemn us , God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Ps 25:10 : 10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Ps 105:45 : 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
Deut 6:5 : 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Deut 6:17 : 17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
1 Kgs 2:3 : 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
2 Chr 31:21 : 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 119:1
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1ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
Ps 119:7-12
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7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
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Ps 119:129
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129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:33-36
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33HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Ps 119:69
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69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Ps 119:167-168
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167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:3-5
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3They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
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Ps 106:3
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3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
1 Chr 16:10
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10Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Ps 119:79-80
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79Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Ps 119:111-112
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111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Ps 112:1
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1Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Ps 105:3-4
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3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Ps 111:1-2
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1Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
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Ps 119:58
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58I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
Ps 119:14
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14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Ps 25:10
72%
10All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Ps 119:159
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159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:119
72%
119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Ps 119:22
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22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Ps 128:1
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1A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
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8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Ps 84:5
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5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Ps 15:2
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2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Ps 119:144-145
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144The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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Ps 119:45
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45And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
Ps 119:40
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40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:63
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63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Ps 69:32
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32The humble shall see{H8804)} this, and be glad{H8799)}: and your heart shall live{H8799)} that seek{H8802)} God.
Ps 119:165
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165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Deut 6:17
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17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
Ps 119:88
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88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Ps 1:2
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2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Ps 89:15
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15Blessed is the people that know{H8802)} the joyful sound: they shall walk{H8762)}, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.