Psalms 119:10

Having sought God with his whole heart, the psalmist asks not to wander from God's commandments. It matters because wholehearted devotion still needs God's keeping to stay on course.

Cross-references · 25

• Ps 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
• 2 Chr 15:15And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
• Ps 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
• Ps 23:3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
• Ps 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
• Isa 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
• Ps 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
• Jer 3:10Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
• Ps 119:118You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
• Ps 78:37Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
• Ps 119:21You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
• Prov 21:16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
• Hos 10:2Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
• Prov 2:13from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
• Col 3:22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
• 1 Jn 2:15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• Ps 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
• 1 Sam 7:3Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
• Ezek 34:6My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
• Ps 119:69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
• Matt 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
• Ps 143:8–10Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
• Zeph 1:5–6those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
• Ps 119:58I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
• 2 Pet 2:15–22They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

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