Job 23:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nor have I departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Your words were found, and I ate them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • John 4:32 : 32 But he said to them, I have food to eat of which you do not know.
  • Job 22:22 : 22 Receive, I pray you, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
  • John 6:66-69 : 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, Will you also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 And we believe and are sure that you are that Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • John 8:31 : 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
  • Ps 19:9-9 : 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, yes, than fine gold.
  • Job 6:10 : 10 Then I should still have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow. Let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
  • Luke 12:46 : 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 23:11
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    11My foot has held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.

  • 2 Sam 22:22-23
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    75%

    22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

    23For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

  • Jer 17:16
    74%

    16As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd to follow you: neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was right before you.

  • Ps 17:3-5
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    3You have tested my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

    4Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer.

    5Hold up my steps in your paths, that my footsteps do not slip.

  • Ps 18:21-22
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    21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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

  • Ps 119:13
    73%

    13With my lips I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth.

  • Ps 119:101-103
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    73%

    101I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your word.

    102I have not departed from Your judgments, for You Yourself have taught me.

    103How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  • Job 31:30
    72%

    30Neither have I allowed my mouth to sin by wishing a curse upon his soul.

  • Ps 119:43
    71%

    43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I have hoped in Your judgments.

  • Ps 119:10-11
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    71%

    10With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments.

    11Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

  • Deut 26:14
    71%

    14I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I taken away any of it for any unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead: but I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that you have commanded me.

  • Job 20:13
    70%

    13Though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it still within his mouth,

  • Num 23:12
    70%

    12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak what the LORD has put in my mouth?

  • Job 23:13
    70%

    13But he is of one mind, and who can change him? And whatever his soul desires, that he does.

  • Ps 119:131
    70%

    131I opened my mouth and panted, for I longed for Your commandments.

  • Jer 15:16
    70%

    16Your words were found, and I ate them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.

  • Job 31:27
    70%

    27And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:

  • Ps 119:72
    70%

    72The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

  • Ps 141:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

    4Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with those who do iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.

  • Job 12:11
    69%

    11Does not the ear test words? and the mouth taste its food?

  • Ps 119:127
    69%

    127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, yes, than fine gold.

  • Prov 30:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

    9Lest I be full and deny You, and say, Who is the LORD? Or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

  • Ps 39:1
    69%

    1I said, I will be careful of my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.

  • Job 22:22
    69%

    22Receive, I pray you, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

  • Ps 19:10
    69%

    10More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  • Ps 119:56
    69%

    56This has come to be because I kept Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:16
    69%

    16I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

  • Ps 44:18
    69%

    18Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from Your way;

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    68%

    4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

  • Job 33:3
    68%

    3My words shall be from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall clearly speak knowledge.

  • Prov 4:5
    68%

    5Get wisdom, get understanding: do not forget it; neither turn away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:18
    68%

    18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be ready on your lips.

  • Isa 50:5
    68%

    5The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, nor turned away back.

  • Prov 5:13
    68%

    13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!

  • Job 32:14
    68%

    14Now he has not directed his words against me, nor will I answer him with your speeches.

  • Job 31:17
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    17Or have eaten my portion alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it;

  • Prov 5:7
    68%

    7Hear me now therefore, O children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

  • Job 13:14
    68%

    14Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?

  • Ps 89:34
    68%

    34My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of my lips.

  • Ps 119:60
    68%

    60I made haste and did not delay to keep Your commandments.

  • Jer 20:9
    68%

    9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak anymore in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding back, and I could not stay.