Psalm 19:7

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Psalm 19:7

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Summary

Psalm 19:7

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

Law

Perfect

James 1:17

Converting

Psalm 119:9

James 1:21

Testimony

Sure

Making

General references

Bible References

Law

Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions.

Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;

And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:

Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.

I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.

Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

Perfect

As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging.

He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

Converting

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

For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

Testimony

Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.

I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.

Let my teaching be kept secret: and my words be given to my disciples only.

He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.

Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.

Sure

The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging.

For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?

But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

Making

The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.

To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:

Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.

General references

And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says: