Psalm 119:69 “Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts wi…”

Psalm 119:69

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

World English Bible

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

American Standard Version

The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

Geneva Bible 1599

The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.

Darby Translation

The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart.

Young's Literal Translation

Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

Bible in Basic English

The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.

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Cross references

“proud”

Job 13:4 Matthew 26:59–68 Acts 24:5 Acts 24:13 Psalm 35:11 Psalm 109:2

Job 13:4 · BSB

You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.

Matthew 26:59–68 · BSB

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

Acts 24:5 · BSB

We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

Acts 24:13 · BSB

Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.

Psalm 35:11 · BSB

Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

Psalm 109:2 · BSB

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

“I will”

Psalm 119:157 Psalm 119:51

Psalm 119:157 · BSB

Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.

Psalm 119:51 · BSB

The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.

“with my whole”

Psalm 119:34 Psalm 119:58 James 1:8 Matthew 6:24

Psalm 119:34 · BSB

Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.

Psalm 119:58 · BSB

I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.

James 1:8 · BSB

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Matthew 6:24 · BSB

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

68You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.

70Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.

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