He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Parallel translations
- WEB that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
- BSB to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
- NKJV He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.
- NASB Guarding the paths of justice, And He watches over the way of His godly ones.
- NLT He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him.
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Quick answer
God guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of His saints. It matters because it assures the faithful that God watches over their journey.
Overview
The Lord protects the course of those who live justly and keeps watch over His faithful ones. Wisdom thus leads to a life under God's safekeeping. This preserving care belongs to all who are God's people, secured ultimately by the Good Shepherd.
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Cross-references · 19
- Ps 23:3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- 1 Sam 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- John 10:28–29And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
- Ps 145:20The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
- Ps 66:9Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
- Ps 37:23–24The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
- Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
- Ps 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- 1 Pet 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Prov 8:20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
- Deut 33:3Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
- Ps 1:6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
- Deut 33:26–29There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Isa 49:9–10That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
- Ps 121:5–8The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
- Isa 35:9No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
- Jer 32:40–41And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
- Ps 37:31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
- Prov 3:21–24My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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