Proverbs 2:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

He guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of His saints.

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  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no one prevail.
  • Ps 66:9 : 9 Who keeps our soul among the living, and does not allow our feet to be moved.
  • Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
  • Prov 3:21-24 : 21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So they will be life to your soul, and grace to your neck. 23 Then you will walk in your way safely, and your foot will not stumble. 24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid: yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
  • Prov 8:20 : 20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
  • Isa 35:9 : 9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up on it, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
  • Isa 49:9-9 : 9 That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water he shall guide them.
  • Jer 32:40-41 : 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. 41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
  • John 10:28-29 : 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
  • Ps 121:5-8 : 5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your right hand. 6 The sun shall not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; he shall preserve your soul. 8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.
  • Deut 33:3 : 3 Indeed, he loved the people; all his saints are in your hand: and they sit down at your feet; every one shall receive of your words.
  • Deut 33:26-29 : 26 There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides upon the heavens to help you, and in his majesty on the sky. 27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall drive out the enemy from before you; and shall say, Destroy them. 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be on a land of grain and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your majesty! And your enemies shall be found liars to you; and you shall tread upon their high places.
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
  • Ps 23:3 : 3 He restores my soul; he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
  • Ps 37:23-24 : 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Ps 37:31 : 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

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  • 1 Sam 2:9
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    9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no one prevail.

  • Ps 25:8-10
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    8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He will teach sinners in the way.

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  • Prov 16:17
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  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ps 37:28
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    28 For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 2:11
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    11 Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

  • Ps 17:4-5
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  • Ps 85:13
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    13 Righteousness shall go before Him, and shall set us in the way of His steps.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Ps 37:23
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    23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way.

  • Ps 106:3
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    3 Blessed are they who keep judgment and he who does righteousness at all times.

  • Job 36:6
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    6 He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

  • Prov 3:6
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    6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

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

  • Ps 9:8
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    8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall administer judgment to the people in uprightness.

  • Ps 121:7
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    7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; he shall preserve your soul.

  • Ps 146:9
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    9 The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

  • Ps 94:15
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    15 But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • Job 17:9
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    9 The righteous also shall hold on to his way, and he that has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

  • Ps 37:31
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    31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

  • Ps 31:23
    70%

    23 O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and abundantly rewards the proud doer.

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    29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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

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

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    10 You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 119:3
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    3 They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

  • Ps 33:5
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    5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

  • Prov 4:26
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    26 Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.

  • Ps 7:10
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    10 My defense is of God, who saves the upright in heart.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to overthrow my steps.

  • Prov 14:2
    69%

    2 He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

  • Ps 111:7
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  • Prov 28:18
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    18 Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.