KJV King James Version
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
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Psalm 119:59
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
WEB World English Bible
I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
ASV American Standard Version
I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
57 CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
58 I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
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2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?Ezekiel 18:28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.Lamentations 3:40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.2 Corinthians 12:21[And] lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and [that] I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.Luke 15:17-20And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!Haggai 1:7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.Haggai 1:5Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.Ezekiel 18:30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn [yourselves] from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.Ezekiel 33:14-16Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;Jeremiah 8:4-6Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?Joel 2:13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.Deuteronomy 4:30-31When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, [even] in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;Ezekiel 33:19But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.Jeremiah 31:18-19I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.
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