I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
Parallel translations
- KJV I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
- BSB I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
- NKJV I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.
- NASB I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Your judgments before me.
- NLT I have chosen to be faithful; I have determined to live by your regulations.
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- John 3:19–21This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
- Prov 1:29because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.
- Ps 119:29Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
- Luke 10:42but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
- 1 Pet 2:2as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,
- Josh 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
- Deut 11:18–20Therefore you shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
- 2 Jn 1:4I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
- Ps 119:111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
- Ps 119:24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALED
- John 8:45But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.
- Ps 119:173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
- Ps 119:52I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
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