Psalm 119:9 - Revised Version 1885 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. Common English Bible How can young people keep their paths pure? By guarding them according to what you’ve said. |
Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me.
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burn offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said. It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually
For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
Thy word have I laid up in mine heart, That I might not sin against thee.
As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
To give subtilty to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:
Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgement.
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.