Job 23:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.
  • John 4:32 : 32 and he said to them, `I have food to eat that ye have not known.'
  • Job 22:22 : 22 Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.
  • John 6:66-69 : 66 From this `time' many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him, 67 Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, `Do ye also wish to go away?' 68 Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, `Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during; 69 and we have believed, and we have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'
  • John 8:31 : 31 Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,
  • Ps 19:9-9 : 9 The fear of Jehovah `is' clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah `are' true, They have been righteous -- together. 10 They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold.
  • Job 6:10 : 10 And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain -- He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?
  • Luke 12:46 : 46 the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for `him', and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,' 39 and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but -- that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 23:11
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    11On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

  • 2 Sam 22:22-23
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    75%

    22For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

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  • Jer 17:16
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    16And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,

  • Ps 17:3-5
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    3Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

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    5To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

  • Ps 18:21-22
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    21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

    22For all His judgments `are' before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.

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    73%

    13With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.

  • Ps 119:101-103
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    101From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.

    102From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me.

    103How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

  • Job 31:30
    72%

    30Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

  • Ps 119:43
    71%

    43And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.

  • Ps 119:10-11
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    71%

    10With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

    11In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

  • Deut 26:14
    71%

    14I have not eaten in mine affliction of it, nor have I put away of it for uncleanness, nor have I given of it for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me;

  • Job 20:13
    70%

    13Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

  • Num 23:12
    70%

    12and he answereth and saith, `That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth -- it do I not take heed to speak?'

  • Job 23:13
    70%

    13And He `is' in one `mind', And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth `it'.

  • Ps 119:131
    70%

    131My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.

  • Jer 15:16
    70%

    16Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.

  • Job 31:27
    70%

    27And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,

  • Ps 119:72
    70%

    72Better to me `is' the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!

  • Ps 141:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

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  • Job 12:11
    69%

    11Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?

  • Ps 119:127
    69%

    127Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold.

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    69%

    8Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

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    69%

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    69%

    22Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

  • Ps 19:10
    69%

    10They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.

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    69%

    56This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!

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    69%

    16In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

  • Ps 44:18
    69%

    18We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

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    68%

    4My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

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    68%

    3Of the uprightness of my heart `are' my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.

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    68%

    5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:18
    68%

    18For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

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    68%

    5The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.

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    68%

    13And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

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    68%

    14And he hath not set in array words for me, And with your sayings I do not answer him.

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    17And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

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    68%

    7And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

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    68%

    14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?

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    68%

    34I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.

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    68%

    60I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

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    68%

    9And I said, `I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,' And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able.