By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
- KJV Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
- NKJV Moreover by them Your servant is warned, And in keeping them there is great reward.
- NASB Moreover, Your servant is warned by them; In keeping them there is great reward.
- NLT They are a warning to your servant, a great reward for those who obey them.
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God's words warn his servant and bring great reward to those who keep them. Scripture both guards and blesses.
Overview
David testifies that God's Word functions as a faithful warning against danger and sin, and that obedience to it carries genuine blessing. The 'reward' is not earned merit but the blessedness of a life lived in step with God. The Word's warning and promise prepare the way for the next verses' confession of sin and need of grace.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 21
- Ps 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- 2 Jn 1:8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
- Prov 29:18Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.
- Jas 1:25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
- Heb 11:6–7And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
- Prov 6:22–23When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
- Rev 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
- Matt 6:4so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- Heb 11:26He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
- Ezek 3:17–21“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
- 1 Th 5:14And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
- Matt 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- 1 Cor 4:14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
- Prov 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
- Ezek 33:3–9and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.
- Acts 20:31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
- Isa 3:10–11Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- 2 Chr 19:10For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
- Prov 3:16–18Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- Matt 6:18so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- Matt 6:6But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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