Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 119:10

“With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.”

Psalms 119:10 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 119:10, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 119. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
  • 2 Chronicles 15:15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
  • Psalms 23:3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
  • Psalms 119:2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
  • Psalms 119:133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
  • Isaiah 35:8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall no…
  • Jeremiah 3:10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
  • Psalms 119:118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
  • Psalms 78:37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
  • Psalms 125:5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
  • Psalms 119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
  • Proverbs 21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
  • Proverbs 2:13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
  • Colossians 3:22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.