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Psalms 119:2

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Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
Psalms 119:2 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
  • KJV Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
  • NKJV Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!
  • NASB Blessed are those who comply with His testimonies, And seek Him with all their heart.
  • NLT Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts.

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Quick answer

Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with their whole heart. It matters because God promises blessing to those who pursue him sincerely.

Overview

The second beatitude blesses those who obey God's testimonies and seek him wholeheartedly, joining outward obedience with inward devotion. Keeping God's word and seeking God himself belong together. This whole-hearted seeking is answered in Christ, in whom God is found and through whom the heart is renewed to love his word.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • Jer 29:13You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
  • Deut 4:29But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  • Ps 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
  • John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
  • Ps 25:10All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
  • Ezek 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
  • Deut 6:17You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
  • Prov 23:26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
  • 1 Kgs 2:3And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
  • 2 Chr 31:21He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
  • Deut 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
  • 1 Jn 3:20Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
  • Ps 105:45that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
  • Ps 119:22Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
  • Ps 119:146I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (8)
DESIREHOLINESSJOYLAWOBEDIENCEPERFECTIONRIGHTEOUSSEEKERS

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 119:2 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Blessedאֶשֶׁרare they that keepנָצַרhis testimoniesעֵדָהand that seekדָּרַשׁhim with the whole heartלֵב
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