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, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
• 2 Chr 15:15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
• Ps 119:2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
• Ps 23:3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
• Ps 119:133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
• Isa 35:8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
• Ps 125:5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
• Jer 3:10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
• Ps 119:118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
• Ps 78:37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
• Ps 119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
• Prov 21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
• Hos 10:2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
• Prov 2:13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
• Col 3:22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
• 1 Jn 2:15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• Ps 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
• 1 Sam 7:3And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
• Ezek 34:6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
• Ps 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
• Matt 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
• Ps 143:8–10Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
• Zeph 1:5–6And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
• Ps 119:58I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
• 2 Pet 2:15–22Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

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