Psalm 119:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Common English Bible

⁹ How can young people keep their paths pure? By guarding them according to what you’ve said.

Psalm 119:9 Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:16

Therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant my father David that which you promised him, saying, ‘There shall never fail you a successor before me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children keep to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’

Job 1:5

And when the feast days had run their course, Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all, for Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This is what Job always did.

Job 13:26

For you write bitter things against me and make me reap the iniquities of my youth.

Psalm 119:11

I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

Psalm 17:4

As for what others do, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

Psalm 25:7

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

Psalm 34:11

Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 1:10

My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Proverbs 1:4

to teach shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and prudence to the young—

Proverbs 2:11

prudence will watch over you, and understanding will guard you.

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,

Proverbs 7:7

and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Luke 15:13

A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living.

John 15:3

You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you.

Deuteronomy 17:18

When he has taken the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

2 Timothy 2:22

Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Joshua 1:7

Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go.