KJV King James Version
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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Psalm 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
WEB World English Bible
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
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Psalm 37:31The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.Psalm 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.Jeremiah 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.Psalm 1:2But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.Job 22:22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.Proverbs 2:10-11When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;Psalm 119:97MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.Isaiah 51:7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;Luke 2:19But Mary kept all these things, and pondered [them] in her heart.Psalm 19:13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.Luke 2:51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
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