Psalm 17:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ As for the deeds of men – By the word of Your lips, I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent (the paths of the destroyer).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

Common English Bible

⁴ But these other people’s deeds? I have avoided such violent ways by the command from your lips.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Praising, I will call upon the Lord. And I will be saved from my enemies.

Psalm 17:4 Cross References

Genesis 6:11

And the earth was corrupt before Elohim, and the earth was filled with violence.

Genesis 6:5

And יהוה  saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Job 15:16

how much less one who is loathsome and corrupt, drinking unrighteousness like water!

Job 31:33

If I have covered my transgressions like Aḏ

Matthew 4:10

Then יהושע  said to him, “Go, Satan! For it has been written, ‘You shall worship יהוה  your Elohim, and Him alone you shall serve.’ ”

Matthew 4:4

But He answering, said, “It has been written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of יהוה.’ ”

Matthew 4:7

יהושע  said to him, “It has also been written, ‘You shall not try יהוה  your Elohim.’ ”

John 17:17

“Set them apart in Your truth – Your Word is truth.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still fleshly. For since there is envy, and strife, and divisions among you, are you not fleshly and walking according to man?

Ephesians 6:17

Take also the helmet of deliverance, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of Elohim,

James 1:18

Having purposed it, He brought us forth by the Word of truth, for us to be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, watch, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Revelation 12:11

“And they overcame him because of the Blood of the Lamb, and because of the Word of their witness, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Revelation 9:11

And they have over them a sovereign, the messenger of the pit of the deep, whose name in Heḇ

1 Samuel 26:11

far be it from me, by יהוה, that I stretch out my hand against the anointed of יהוה. And now, please take the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.”

1 Samuel 26:9

But Dawiḏ