Psalm 119:67

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Summary

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Before

But now

Revelation 3:10

Bible References

Before

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

But now

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

I 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.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.