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Psalms 16:3

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

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ASV

As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

KJV

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לִ֭קְדוֹשִׁיםLik.do.shimto [the] holy [ones]H6918 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whoH834 →
בָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retz[are] in the landH776 →
הֵ֑מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
וְ֝אַדִּירֵ֗יve.'a.di.Reiand [the] majestic [ones]H117 →
כָּל־kol-<of> [whom] allH3605 →
חֶפְצִי־chef.tzi-delight myH2656 →
בָֽם׃Vam[is] in them

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Colossians 1:2To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.Proverbs 12:26A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.2 Chronicles 6:41Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.Psalms 122:8For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”Acts 9:13But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.Malachi 3:17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.Acts 4:23On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,Daniel 5:12did this because Daniel, the one he named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, as well as knowledge, understanding, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Summon Daniel, therefore, and he will give you the interpretation.”John 11:3So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”Ephesians 5:25–27Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for herPsalms 30:4Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.Psalms 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.1 John 3:14–17We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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