Verse 9

The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandment of the LORD is clear, giving light to the eyes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:142 : 142 Your righteousness is everlasting, and Your law is truth.
  • 1 Sam 12:24 : 24 Only fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart. Consider what great things He has done for you.
  • Ps 34:11-14 : 11 Young lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. 12 Come, my children, and listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 13 Who is the person who desires life and loves many days to see good? 14 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
  • Ps 119:1 : 1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD.
  • Ps 36:1 : 1 To the choirmaster, a servant of the Lord, a psalm of David.
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Lord, your steadfast love reaches to the heavens; your faithfulness to the clouds.
  • Ps 72:1-2 : 1 God, grant your judgments to the king and your righteousness to the king's son. 2 He will judge your people with righteousness and your afflicted ones with justice.
  • Ps 111:10-112:6 : 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who obey His precepts have good understanding. His praise endures forever. 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD and greatly delights in His commandments. 2 His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. 4 Light shines in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, compassionate, and righteous. 5 Good comes to the man who is gracious and lends freely; he conducts his affairs with justice. 6 Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous will be remembered forever.
  • Ps 115:13 : 13 He will bless those who fear the Lord, both the small and the great.
  • 1 Kgs 18:3-4 : 3 Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah revered the LORD greatly.) 4 When Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets, hidden them in two caves in groups of fifty, and provided them with bread and water.
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 But I, your servant, fear that if I leave, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to some place I don't know, and when I go to tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 The former governors who were before me placed heavy burdens on the people, taking food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Even their servants oppressed the people. But because of the fear of God, I did not act like that.
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he sneers at them.
  • Gen 22:12 : 12 The angel said, 'Do not lay a hand on the boy. Do not harm him in any way, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.'
  • Gen 42:18 : 18 On the third day, Joseph said to them, 'Do this, and you will live; for I fear God.'
  • Exod 21:1 : 1 These are the laws you are to set before them.
  • Deut 4:8 : 8 And what great nation has righteous statutes and judgments like this entire law that I am setting before you today?
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn, and I will confirm it, to keep Your righteous judgments.
  • Ps 119:137-138 : 137 You are righteous, LORD, and Your judgments are upright. 138 You have appointed Your testimonies in righteousness and absolute faithfulness.
  • Rev 19:2 : 2 For His judgments are true and just; He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His servants on her.
  • Ps 147:19 : 19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior, and perverse speech.
  • Isa 26:8 : 8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of Your judgments, we wait for You; Your name and Your renown are the desire of our soul.
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 They replied, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear what you have to say.'
  • Rom 2:2 : 2 We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.
  • Rom 3:10-18 : 10 As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one." 11 "There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God." 12 All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one. 13 "Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips." 14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness. 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood. 16 Ruin and misery mark their paths. 17 And the way of peace they have not known. 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
  • Rom 11:22 : 22 Consider then the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell but kindness to you, provided you continue in His kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
  • Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, King of the saints."
  • Rev 16:7 : 7 And I heard the altar respond, 'Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.'
  • Ps 119:7 : 7 I will praise You with an upright heart as I learn Your righteous judgments.
  • Ps 119:39 : 39 Take away the disgrace that I dread, for Your judgments are good.
  • Ps 119:62 : 62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
  • Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.