Psalms 119:96

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“I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.”

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BSBPD

“I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad. מ MEM.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad <FI>is<Fi> Thy command--exceedingly!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 119:96 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 9:2And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
  2. 1 Samuel 17:8And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
  3. 1 Samuel 17:49Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
  4. 1 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  5. 2 Samuel 14:25Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
  6. 2 Samuel 16:23Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
  7. 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
  8. 2 Samuel 18:14But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
  9. 2 Samuel 18:17They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
  10. Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  11. Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
  12. Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
  13. Ecclesiastes 2:11Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
  14. Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
  15. Ecclesiastes 12:8“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
  16. Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
  17. Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  18. Matthew 22:37Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
  19. Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  20. Mark 12:29Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
  21. Romans 7:7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
  22. Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
  23. Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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