Psalms 119:140
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
BSB
ASV
Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
KJV
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Do you want me to show you how the fire goes out from the words of the Holy Spirit and ignites the hearts of believers? Hear David speaking in the psalm: "The declaration of the Lord has set him on fire." And again in the Gospel it was written, after the Lord spoke to Cleopas, "Was not our heart burning within us when he opened the Scriptures to us?" Whence will you burn?
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
leads to
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Through
Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
leads to
Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
leads to
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
