Verse 4

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

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  • Gen 6:5 : 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 6:11 : 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
  • Job 31:33 : 33 If I covered my transgressions like Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my heart;
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds, there is none who does good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God. 3 They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 BETH. How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. 10 With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments. 11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
  • Prov 2:10-15 : 10 When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul; 11 Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you; 12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perversity of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths:
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
  • Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him, Go away, Satan, for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and only him shall you serve.
  • John 17:17 : 17 Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth.
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For you are still carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?
  • Eph 6:17 : 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
  • 1 Pet 4:2-3 : 2 That he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Rev 9:11 : 11 They had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to death.