'Precepts' in the Bible
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
To those who keep His covenantAnd remember His precepts to do them.
The works of His hands are truth and justice;All His precepts are sure.
You have ordained Your precepts,That we should keep them diligently.
I will meditate on Your preceptsAnd regard Your ways.
Make me understand the way of Your precepts,So I will meditate on Your wonders.
Behold, I long for Your precepts;Revive me through Your righteousness.
And I will walk at liberty,For I seek Your precepts.
I am a companion of all those who fear You,And of those who keep Your precepts.
The arrogant have forged a lie against me;With all my heart I will observe Your precepts.
May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie;But I shall meditate on Your precepts.
They almost destroyed me on earth,But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts.
I will never forget Your precepts,For by them You have revived me.
I am Yours, save me;For I have sought Your precepts.
I understand more than the aged,Because I have observed Your precepts.
From Your precepts I get understanding;Therefore I hate every false way.
The wicked have laid a snare for me,Yet I have not gone astray from Your precepts.
Therefore I esteem right all Your precepts concerning everything,I hate every false way.
Redeem me from the oppression of man,That I may keep Your precepts.
Consider how I love Your precepts;Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.
I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,For all my ways are before You.
Let Your hand be ready to help me,For I have chosen Your precepts.
Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law,They are regarded as a strange thing.