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Psalms 119:80

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

KJV

Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame. כ KAPH.

ASV

יְהִֽי לִבִּ֣/י תָמִ֣ים בְּ/חֻקֶּ֑י/ךָ לְ֝מַ֗עַן לֹ֣א אֵבֽוֹשׁ

Hebrew

My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

YLT

Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAPF

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 591×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ybshv
verb · 112×
ךָ
k
noun · 126×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
תְּמִימִֽם
tmymm
adjective · 90×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 29:19 — And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
  • 1John 2:28 — And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
  • 1Kgs 15:3 — And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
  • 1Sam 12:24 — Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
  • 2Chr 12:14 — And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
  • 2Chr 15:17 — But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
  • 2Chr 25:2 — And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
  • 2Chr 31:20 — And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
  • 2Cor 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor
  • 2Tim 1:7 — For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
  • Deut 26:16 — This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
  • Deut 30:2 — And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
  • Ezek 11:9 — And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
  • Ezek 18:21 — But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
  • Heb 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Isa 38:3 — And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
  • John 1:47 — Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
  • John 3:21 — But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
  • Lev 20:22 — Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
  • Mark 2:22 — And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
  • Num 14:24 — But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
  • Prov 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
  • Prov 14:30 — A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
  • Ps 19:8 — The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 25:2 — O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
  • Ps 25:21 — Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
  • Ps 32:2 — Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
  • Ps 78:37 — For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
  • Ps 119:6 — Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:6 — Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
  • Ps 125:4 — Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.