Psalms 119:59

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“I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.”

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BSBPD

“I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 119:59 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
  2. Jeremiah 8:4So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?
  3. Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
  4. Lamentations 3:40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
  5. Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
  6. Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
  7. Ezekiel 33:14But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—
  8. Ezekiel 33:19But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.
  9. Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
  10. Haggai 1:5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
  11. Haggai 1:7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
  12. Luke 15:17Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!
  13. John 11:29And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.
  14. 2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
  15. 2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?

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