Psalms 37:18 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 37:18

The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

KJV

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ASV

Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; And their inheritance shall be for ever.

WEB

The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

YLT

Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is--to the age.

DBT

Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever:

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

30 verses on the floor

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Psalms 1:6
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalms 103:17
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

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He knows their bright days, and has pleasure in their prosperity; he knows their cloudy and dark days, the days of their affliction, and as the day is so shall the strength be. Fourthly, That their inheritance shall be for ever; not their inheritance in the earth, but that incorruptible indefeasible one which is laid up for them in heaven.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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The walk8

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 37:182TI 2:19 JHN 10:14
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:182TI 2:19 NAH 1:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:182TI 2:19 1CO 8:3
PSA 37:18ROM 6:23 JHN 3:36
PSA 37:182TI 2:19 1JN 3:7-10
PSA 37:182TI 2:19 NUM 16:5
PSA 37:18ROM 6:23 ROM 5:12
PSA 37:18ROM 6:23 JAS 1:15

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