Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

[BETH] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.

New American Standard Bible

Beth.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping it according to Your word.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

ב BetHow can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping Your word.

International Standard Version

How can a young man keep his behavior pure? By guarding it in accordance with your word.

A Conservative Version

With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to thy word.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Beth.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts].

Bible in Basic English

How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.

Darby Translation

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.

Julia Smith Translation

In what shall a youth cleanse his way? To watch according to thy word.

King James 2000

[Beth] How shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to your word.

Lexham Expanded Bible

How can a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed according to your word.

Modern King James verseion

BETH: With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your Word.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{Beth} Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? Even by ruling himself after thy word.

NET Bible

(Bet) How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!

New Heart English Bible

BET. How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

Webster

BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed to it, according to thy word.

World English Bible

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

Youngs Literal Translation

Beth. With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word.

References

Context Readings

Beth

8 Thy statutes, will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly. 9 [BETH] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word. 10 With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.


Cross References

Psalm 25:7

The sins of my youth, and my transgressions, do not thou call to mind, - According to thine own lovingkindness, remember thou me, for the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.

Titus 2:4-6

That they may constrain the young women to be, lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

James 1:21-25

Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls:

Deuteronomy 6:6-9

so shall these words which I am commanding thee to-day, be upon thy heart;

Deuteronomy 17:18

But it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, then shall he write for himself a copy of this law upon a scroll, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

Joshua 1:7

Only be very firm and bold, taking heed to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee, do not turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left, - that thou mayest prosper, whithersoever thou goest.

2 Chronicles 6:16

Now, therefore, O Yahweh - God of Israel, keep thou, for thy servant David my father, that which thou didst promise him, saying, There shall not be cut off to thee a man, from before me, to sit upon the throne of Israel, if only, thy sons take heed to their way, to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

Job 1:5

And so it was, when the days of the banquet came round, that Job sent and hallowed them, and rising early in the morning offered ascending-sacrifices according to the number of them all; for Job said, Peradventure my sons have sinned, and have cursed God in their hearts. Thus and thus, was Job wont to do all the days.

Job 13:26

For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth;

Psalm 1:1-3

How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, - and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

Psalm 19:7-11

The, law of Yahweh, is complete, Bringing back the soul, The, testimony of Yahweh, is confirmed, Making wise the simple;

Psalm 34:11

Come, ye children! hearken unto me, The reverence of Yahweh, will I teach you.

Psalm 78:4-8

We will not withhold them from their children, To a later generation, recounting the praises of Yahweh, Even his might and his wonders which he wrought;

Psalm 119:11

In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

Psalm 119:97-105

[MEM] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my meditation.

Proverbs 1:4

For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.

Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.

Proverbs 4:1

Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding.

Proverbs 4:10-17

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.

Proverbs 5:7-23

Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.

Proverbs 6:20-35

Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:

Proverbs 7:7

And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense;

Ecclesiastes 11:9-1

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou - in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes, - yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.

Luke 15:13

And, after not many days, the younger son, gathering all together, left home for a country far away, and, there, squandered his substance with riotous living.

John 15:3

Already, ye, are, pure, because of the word which I have spoken unto you:

2 Timothy 2:22

But, from the youthful covetings, flee! and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with them who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

2 Timothy 3:15-17

And that, from a babe, those sacred letters, thou hast known which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus:

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