Psalms 34:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Who `is' the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?

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  • 1 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile; 11 let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it; 12 because the eyes of the Lord `are' upon the righteous, and His ears -- to their supplication, and the face of the Lord `is' upon those doing evil;'
  • Deut 6:2 : 2 so that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are prolonged.
  • Deut 30:20 : 20 to love Jehovah thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave to Him (for He `is' thy life, and the length of thy days), to dwell on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.'
  • Job 7:7 : 7 Remember Thou that my life `is' a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 Many are saying, `Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,
  • Ps 21:4 : 4 Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.
  • Ps 91:16 : 16 With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!
  • Eccl 2:3 : 3 I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where `is' this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.
  • Eccl 3:13 : 13 yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it `is' a gift of God.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- `Fear God, and keep His commands, for this `is' the whole of man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 79%

    10 for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

    11 let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

  • Ps 34:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

    14 Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

  • 74%

    22 The desirableness of a man `is' his kindness, And better `is' the poor than a liar.

    23 The fear of Jehovah `is' to life, And satisfied he remaineth -- he is not charged with evil.

  • 2 For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?

    12 For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

  • 12 To number our days aright let `us' know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

  • Eccl 11:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming `is' vanity.

    9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

  • 21 Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

  • 12 Who `is' this -- the man fearing Jehovah? He directeth him in the way He doth choose.

  • 3 which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

  • 11 For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.

  • 10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee.

  • Prov 8:34-35
    2 verses
    71%

    34 O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.

    35 For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

  • 9 And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

  • 1 Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.

  • 11 Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.

  • 13 O the happiness of a man `who' hath found wisdom, And of a man `who' bringeth forth understanding.

  • 48 Who `is' the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

  • Eccl 7:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

    18 `It is' good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.

  • 20 For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

  • 21 Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

  • 8 Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

  • 12 Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred `times', and prolonging `himself' for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.

  • 24 A path of life `is' on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

  • 27 The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.

  • 4 Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah.

  • 12 Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life `is' the coming desire.

  • 12 I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

  • 5 As the days of man `are' Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?

  • 3 If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he `is' the untimely birth.'

  • 1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

  • 1 To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God `is' all the day.

  • 6 Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation.

  • 20 Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

  • 15 The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging `himself' in his wrong.

  • 14 and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.'

  • 27 Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.

  • 32 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

  • 14 If a man dieth -- doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.

  • 6 And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?

  • 2 The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

  • 22 For life they `are' to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.

  • 27 Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it `is' right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!