Psalms 119:9

A young person keeps his life pure by living according to God's word. It matters because Scripture is the practical means God gives for guarding against sin in every season of life.

Cross-references · 27

• 2 Tim 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Jas 1:21–25Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
• 2 Tim 3:15–17From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Josh 1:7Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
• Ps 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
• Ps 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
• Titus 2:4–6In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
• Ps 1:1–3Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
• Prov 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
• Ps 34:11Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
• Ps 19:7–11The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
• Ps 119:97–105Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
• John 15:3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
• Prov 6:20–35My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
• Eccl 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
• Prov 4:10–17Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
• Prov 1:4To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
• Deut 6:6–9These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
• Prov 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
• Prov 7:7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
• Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
• Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
• Ps 78:4–8We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
• Prov 5:7–23So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
• 2 Chr 6:16Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
• Deut 17:18When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
• Job 13:26For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.

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