Psalms 139:24
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
BSB
ASV
And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
KJV
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
And see if there be any wicked way in me,.... Not that David thought himself free from wickedness, or that there was none to be found in his heart and life; and therefore said this in a boasting way, he knew otherwise; see Psa 19:12; but he is desirous it might be thoroughly looked into and seen whether there was any such wicked way in him he was charged with; as that he had a design upon the life of Saul, and to seize his throne and kingdom, which never entered into his mind, 1Sa 24:
They used to say about Poemen that when he was ready to go out to the meeting for prayer, he first sat by himself for an hour in self-examination, and then went.
And see if there be any wicked way in me. See whether there be in my heart, or in my life, any evil habit unknown to myself. If there be such an evil way, take me from it, take it from me. No matter how dear the wrong may have become, nor how deeply prejudiced I may have been in its favour, be pleased to deliver me therefrom altogether, effectually, and at once, that I may tolerate nothing which is contrary to thy mind.
WE must all of us have a "way." We must be journeying, for this is not our resting place. We cannot abide in any one stay. "Forward" is the word of command. As the round earth never pauses but perpetually revolves. As the stars never halt in their course but traverse incessantly their ordained orbits. As the rivers evermore seek the sea—as the ocean waves unrestingly pursue each other—even so feel we the common motion and always must we move onward, onward through this life unto the next—onward forever and ever.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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
Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
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You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Through
Psalms 143:10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
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Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
