Verse 12

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].

Referenced Verses

  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, ‹My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.›
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 ¶ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • John 4:32 : 32 But he said unto them, ‹I have meat to eat that ye know not of.›
  • Job 22:22 : 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
  • John 6:66-69 : 66 From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, ‹Will ye also go away?› 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • John 8:31 : 31 ¶ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, ‹If ye continue in my word,› [then] ‹are ye my disciples indeed;›
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Ps 19:9-9 : 9 The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 ¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 ¶ Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
  • Job 6:10 : 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, 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 meat in due season?›
  • Luke 12:46 : 46 ‹The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for› [him], ‹and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.›
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye 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 [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.