Bible Verses: Psalms 37
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For Reading and Meditation: Job 21:11-16
We come now to the heart of the issue with which the psalmist is struggling in Psalm 73: "Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence. All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning" (
Bible Verses: Job 21:11-16Psalms 73Psalms 73:13-14Psalms 37:1-40Proverbs 3:31Proverbs 14:30
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For Reading and Meditation: Matthew 7:13-20
Today we look at the special understanding the psalmist received when he came into the sanctuary of God: "Then I understood their final destiny" (Psalm 73:17). As soon as he considered the final destiny of the ungodly, everything dropped into focus for him. He had looked...
Bible Verses: Matthew 7:13-20Psalms 73:17Psalms 37Luke 12:15-21Proverbs 12:15-16Proverbs 28:6
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"The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide." Psalms 37:31
Put the law into the heart, and the whole man is right. This is where the law should be; for then it lies, like the tables of stone in the ark, in the place appointed for it. In the head it puzzles, on the back it burdens, in the heart it upholds.
What a choice word is here used, "the law of his God"! When we know the LORD as our own God His...
Bible Verses: Psalms 37:31
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The faithfulness of the Lord to his people is secured not more by the fact that he delighteth in mercy than by the fact that he loveth judgment. The propitiation made for sin is so effectual that by it all the perfections of God become pledged to promote the everlasting interests of those who believe. It is God in the unlimited fulness of his nature, not a part of God, that is made favorable to the sinner by the blood of Jesus The believer should understand that he is not taking refuge in...
Bible Verses: Psalms 37:28
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The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. § I will trust and not be afraid; ‘for Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread. § For the Lord loves justice, and does not forsake His saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of all the wicked shall be cut off. § The Lord will not forsake His...
Bible Verses: Psalms 9:10Proverbs 18:10Isaiah 12:2Psalms 37:25Psalms 37:281 Samuel 12:222 Corinthians 1:10Hebrews 13:5Hebrews 13:6
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My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.The Lord loves justice, and does not forsake His saints; they are preserved forever. § The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.The just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul. § If they had been of us, they would have continued...
Bible Verses: Philippians 4:1Job 23:11Psalms 37:28Psalms 121:7Hebrews 10:38Hebrews 10:391 John 2:19John 8:31Matthew 24:131 Corinthians 16:13Revelation 3:11Revelation 3:5
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. § Death and life are in the power of the tongue. § The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. § Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.For we cannot but...
Bible Verses: Matthew 12:34Colossians 3:16Proverbs 4:23Proverbs 18:21Psalms 37:30Psalms 37:31Ephesians 4:29Acts 4:20Psalms 116:10Matthew 10:32Romans 10:10
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Lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. § This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. § By the word of Your...
Bible Verses: Isaiah 34:16Deuteronomy 11:18Joshua 1:8Psalms 37:31Psalms 17:4Psalms 119:112 Peter 1:19Romans 15:4
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THE HOLY SPIRIT IN Psalms 37 admonishes us to beware of irritation in our religious lives:
"Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity."
The word "fret" comes to us from the Anglo-Saxon and carries with it such a variety of meanings as bring a rather pained smile to our faces. Notice how they expose us and locate us behind our disguises. The primary meaning of the word is...