24 Your testimonies also are my delight
And my counselors.

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24 Your statutes are my delight;
    they are my counselors.

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92 Unless Your law had been my delight,
I would then have perished in my affliction.

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92 If your law had not been my delight,(A)
    I would have perished in my affliction.(B)

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15 and that from childhood you have known (A)the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16 (B)All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, (C)and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [a]instruction in righteousness, 17 (D)that the man of God may be complete, (E)thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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  1. 2 Timothy 3:16 training, discipline

15 and how from infancy(A) you have known the Holy Scriptures,(B) which are able to make you wise(C) for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed(D) and is useful for teaching,(E) rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,(F) 17 so that the servant of God[a](G) may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.(H)

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  1. 2 Timothy 3:17 Or that you, a man of God,

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another (A)in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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16 Let the message of Christ(A) dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom(B) through psalms,(C) hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.(D)

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16 I will (A)delight myself in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.

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16 I delight(A) in your decrees;
    I will not neglect your word.

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10 To whom shall I speak and give warning,
That they may hear?
Indeed their (A)ear is uncircumcised,
And they cannot give heed.
Behold, (B)the word of the Lord is a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.

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10 To whom can I speak and give warning?
    Who will listen(A) to me?
Their ears are closed[a](B)
    so they cannot hear.(C)
The word(D) of the Lord is offensive to them;
    they find no pleasure in it.

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  1. Jeremiah 6:10 Hebrew uncircumcised

20 (A)To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because (B)there[a] is no light in them.

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  1. Isaiah 8:20 Or they have no dawn

20 Consult God’s instruction(A) and the testimony of warning.(B) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(C) of dawn.

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Beware of Adultery

20 (A)My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.
21 (B)Bind them continually upon your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
22 (C)When you roam, [a]they will lead you;
When you sleep, (D)they will keep you;
And when you awake, they will speak with you.
23 (E)For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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  1. Proverbs 6:22 Lit. it

Warning Against Adultery

20 My son,(A) keep your father’s command
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(B)
21 Bind them always on your heart;
    fasten them around your neck.(C)
22 When you walk, they will guide you;
    when you sleep, they will watch over you;
    when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,(D)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,(E)

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162 I rejoice at Your word
As one who finds great treasure.

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162 I rejoice(A) in your promise
    like one who finds great spoil.(B)

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143 Trouble and anguish have [a]overtaken me,
Yet Your commandments are my delights.

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  1. Psalm 119:143 Lit. found

143 Trouble and distress have come upon me,
    but your commands give me delight.(A)

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104 Through Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.

נ NUN

105 (A)Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.

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104 I gain understanding(A) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.(B)

נ Nun

105 Your word is a lamp(C) for my feet,
    a light(D) on my path.

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מ MEM

97 Oh, how I love Your law!
(A)It is my meditation all the day.
98 You, through Your commandments, make me (B)wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
(C)For Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 (D)I understand more than the [a]ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.

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  1. Psalm 119:100 aged

מ Mem

97 Oh, how I love your law!(A)
    I meditate(B) on it all day long.
98 Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser(C) than my enemies.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.(D)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.(E)

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77 Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live;
For Your law is my delight.

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77 Let your compassion(A) come to me that I may live,
    for your law is my delight.(B)

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