Psalm 119:10
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10 With my whole heart I seek you;
do not let me stray from your commandments.(A)
Psalm 119:34
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34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.(A)
Psalm 119:2
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2 Happy are those who keep his decrees,
who seek him with their whole heart,
2 Chronicles 15:15
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15 All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.(A)
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Psalm 119:133
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133 Keep my steps steady according to your promise,
and never let iniquity have dominion over me.(A)
Psalm 23:3
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Isaiah 35:8
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8 A highway shall be there,[a]
and it shall be called the Holy Way;
the unclean shall not travel on it,[b]
but it shall be for God’s people;[c]
no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.(A)
Psalm 119:118
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118 You spurn all who go astray from your statutes,
for their cunning is in vain.(A)
Psalm 119:21
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21 You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
who wander from your commandments;(A)
Proverbs 21:16
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16 Whoever wanders from the way of understanding
will rest in the assembly of the dead.(A)
Proverbs 2:13
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13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,(A)
Psalm 78:37
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37 Their heart was not steadfast toward him;
they were not true to his covenant.
Colossians 3:22
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22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters[a] in everything, not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.[b](A)
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Jeremiah 3:10
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10 Yet for all this her false sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart but only in pretense, says the Lord.(A)
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Psalm 125:5
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5 But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways,
the Lord will lead away with evildoers.
Peace be upon Israel!(A)
Psalm 119:176
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176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek out your servant,
for I do not forget your commandments.(A)
1 Samuel 7:3
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Samuel as Judge
3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Astartes from among you. Direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”(A)
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1 John 2:15
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15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world,(A)
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Matthew 6:24
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Serving Two Masters
24 “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.[a](A)
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- 6.24 Gk mammon
Zephaniah 1:5-6
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5 those who bow down on the roofs
to the host of the heavens,
those who bow down and swear to the Lord
but also swear by Milcom,[a](A)
6 those who have turned back from following the Lord,
who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him.(B)
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- 1.5 Gk mss Syr Vg: Heb their king
Hosea 10:2
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2 Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord[a] will break down their altars
and destroy their pillars.(A)
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- 10.2 Heb he
Psalm 119:69
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69 The arrogant smear me with lies,
but with my whole heart I keep your precepts.(A)
Psalm 143:8-10
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8 Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.(A)
9 Save me, O Lord, from my enemies;
I have fled to you for refuge.[a](B)
10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me
on a level path.(C)
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- 143.9 Heb ms Gk: MT to you I have hidden
Psalm 119:58
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58 I implore your favor with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to your promise.(A)
Ezekiel 34:6
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6 My sheep were scattered; they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill; my sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with no one to search or seek for them.
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