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Psa. 119:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Prov. 1:4• ⁴To give prudence to the simple,{HR}To the young man knowledge and discretion. (Prov. 1:4)

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Psa. 25:7• ⁷The sins of my youth and my transgressions remember thou not;{HR}According to thy mercy remember thou me,{HR}For thy goodness sake, O Jehovah. (Psa. 25:7)

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Psa. 34:11• ¹¹Come, ye children, hearken unto me:{HR}I will teach you the fear of Jehovah. (Psa. 34:11)

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Job 1:5• ⁵And it was [so], when the days of their feasting had gone round, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, Perhaps my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. (Job 1:5)

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Job 13:26• ²⁶For thou writest for me bitter things,{HR}And makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth; (Job 13:26)

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Prov. 1:4,10• ⁴To give prudence to the simple,{HR}To the young man knowledge and discretion.
¹⁰My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not. (Prov. 1:4,10)

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Prov. 4:1,10‑17• ¹Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father,{HR}And attend to know understanding;
¹⁰Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,{HR}And the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
¹¹I will teach thee in the way of wisdom;{HR}I will lead thee in the paths of uprightness.
¹²When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;{HR}And when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
¹³Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go;{HR}Keep her, for she is thy life.
¹⁴Enter not into the path of the wicked,{HR}And go not into the way of evil [men];
¹⁵Avoid it, pass not by it,{HR}Turn from it, and pass away.
¹⁶For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;{HR}And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
¹⁷For they eat the bread of wickedness{HR}And drink the wine of violence. (Prov. 4:1,10‑17)

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Prov. 5:7‑23• ⁷And now, children, hearken to me,{HR}And depart not from the words of my mouth.
⁸Remove thy way far from her,{HR}And come not nigh the door of her house;
⁹Lest thou give thine honour to others,{HR}And thy years to the cruel;
¹⁰Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth,{HR}And thy labours [go] to the house of an alien;
¹¹And thou mourn in thine end,{HR}When thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
¹²And thou say, How have I hated instruction,{HR}And my heart despised reproof;
¹³And I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,{HR}Nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me!
¹⁴I was well nigh in all evil{HR}In the midst of the congregation and assembly.
¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own cistern,{HR}And running waters out of thine own well.
¹⁶Should thy fountains be dispersed abroad,{HR}And rivers of water in the broadways?
¹⁷Let them be only thine own,{HR}And not for strangers with thee.
¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed;{HR}Rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
¹⁹A lovely hind and a, graceful doe, {sup}{HR}{/sup}Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times;{HR}With her love be ravished continually.
²⁰And why shouldest thou, my son,{HR}Be ravished with a strange woman,{HR}And embrace the bosom of a stranger?
²¹For the ways of man are before Jehovah's eyes,{HR}And he pondereth all his paths.
²²His own iniquities shall take the wicked,{HR}And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
²³He shall die for lack of discipline;{HR}And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. (Prov. 5:7‑23)

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Prov. 6:20‑35• ²⁰My son, observe thy father's commandment,{HR}and forsake not thy mother's law.
²¹Bind them continually on thy heart,{HR}Tie them about thy neck:
²²When thou walkest, it shall lead thee;{HR}When thou sleepest, it shall keep thee;{HR}And [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
²³For the commandment [is] a lamp,{HR}And the law a light,{HR}And reproofs of instruction the way of life:
²⁴To keep thee from the evil woman,{HR}From the smoothness of the tongue of a strange woman.
²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thy heart,{HR}Nor let her take thee with her eyelids;
²⁶For by means of a whorish woman [one cometh] to a piece of bread,{HR}And another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
²⁷Can a man take fire in his bosom,{HR}And his garments not be burned?
²⁸Can one go upon hot coals,{HR}And his feet not be scorched?
²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife:{HR}Whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
³⁰They do not despise a thief,{HR}If he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
³¹And [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;{HR}He shall give all the substance of his house.
³²Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding;{HR}He [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
³³A wound and contempt shall he get;{HR}And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
³⁴For jealousy [is] the rage of a man,{HR}And he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
³⁵He will not regard any ransom,{HR}Neither will he rest content though thou multipliest gifts. (Prov. 6:20‑35)

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Prov. 7:7• ⁷I discerned among the sons,{HR}A young man void of understanding, (Prov. 7:7)

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Eccl. 11:9‑10• ⁹{i}Rejoice, young man, in thy youth;{HR}And let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth,{HR}And walk in the ways of thy heart,{HR}And in the sight of thine eyes;{HR}But know that for all these [things]{HR}God will bring thee into judgment.{HR}{/i}
¹⁰{i}Then remove discontent from thy heart,{HR}And put away evil from thy flesh;{HR}For childhood and youth are vanity.{/i} (Eccl. 11:9‑10)

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Eccl. 12:1• ¹Remember also thy Creator(s) in the days of thy youth{HR}Before the evil days come,{HR}And the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say,{HR}I have no pleasure in them; (Eccl. 12:1)

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Luke 15:13• ¹³And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery. (Luke 15:13)

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2 Tim. 2:22• ²²But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (2 Tim. 2:22)

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Titus 2:4‑6• ⁴that they may train the young women to be lovers of husbands, lovers of children,
⁵discreet, chaste, workers at home, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God be not ill-spoken of.
⁶The younger men likewise exhort to be right-minded, (Titus 2:4‑6)

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Psa. 119:11,97‑105• ¹¹In my heart have I laid up thy saying,{HR}That I might not sin against thee.
⁹⁷How I love thy law!{HR}All the day it is my meditation.
⁹⁸Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies,{HR}For they [are] ever mine.
⁹⁹More than all my teachers I have understanding:{HR}For thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
¹⁰⁰More than aged [men] I understand,{HR}For thy precepts I have observed.
¹⁰¹From every evil path I withheld my feet,{HR}That I might keep thy word.
¹⁰²From thy judgments I have not departed,{HR}For {i}thou{/i} hast taught me.
¹⁰³How sweet to my palate are thy sayings,{HR}[More] than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴From thy precepts I understand;{HR}Therefore I hate every path of falsehood.
¹⁰⁵A lamp to my feet [is] thy word,{HR}And a light to my path. (Psa. 119:11,97‑105)

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Psa. 1:1‑3• ¹Blessed [is] the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked,{HR}And hath not stood in the way of sinners,{HR}And hath not sat in the seat of scorners.
²But in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight,{HR}And in his law doth he meditate by day and by night.
³And he is as a tree planted by the waterbrooks,{HR}Which yieldeth its fruit in its season,{HR}And its leaf fadeth not;{HR}And all that he doeth prospereth. (Psa. 1:1‑3)

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Psa. 19:7‑11• ⁷The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, restoring the soul;{HR}The testimony of Jehovah [is] true, making wise the simple.
⁸The precepts of Jehovah [are] right, rejoicing the heart;{HR}The commandment of Jehovah [is] clear, enlightening the eyes.
⁹The fear of Jehovah [is] pure, enduring forever;{HR}The judgments of Jehovah [are] truth, they [are] righteous altogether,
¹⁰To be desired more than gold, and more than much pure gold;{HR}And sweeter than honey and the dropping of the honeycomb.
¹¹Also thy servant is admonished by them,{HR}In keeping them [is] great reward. (Psa. 19:7‑11)

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Psa. 78:4‑8• ⁴We will not hide [them] from their sons,{HR}Telling the generations to come the praises of Jehovah,{HR}And his strength, and his wondrous works which he wrought.
⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob,{HR}And appointed a law in Israel,{HR}Which he commanded our fathers to make [them] known to their sons,
⁶That the generation to come might know, sons to be born,{HR}Who should rise up and tell their sons,
⁷And they might set their hope in God,{HR}And not forget the deeds of God (El),{HR}And keep his commandments;
⁸And might not be as their fathers,{HR}A stubborn and rebellious generation,{HR}A generation that set (prepared) not their hearts,{HR}And whose spirit was not steadfast with God (El). (Psa. 78:4‑8)

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Deut. 6:6‑9• ⁶And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart.
⁷And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, {i}and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.{/i}
⁸{i}And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.{/i}
⁹{i}And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.{/i} (Deut. 6:6‑9)

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Deut. 17:18• ¹⁸{i}And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests, the Levites;{/i} (Deut. 17:18)

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Josh. 1:7• ⁷Only be thou strong and very courageous, {i}that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest{/i}. (Josh. 1:7)

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John 15:3• ³Already ye are clean, because of the word which I have spoken to you. (John 15:3)

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2 Tim. 3:15‑17• ¹⁵and that from a babe thou knowest the sacred writings that are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.
¹⁶Every scripture [is] God-inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction that is in righteousness;
¹⁷that the man of God may be complete, furnished thoroughly unto every good work. (2 Tim. 3:15‑17)

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James 1:21‑25• ²¹Wherefore, having laid aside every sort of filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls.
²²But be word-doers, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.
²³Because if Anyone is a word-hearer, and not a doer, he is like a man considering his natural face in a mirror:
²⁴for he considered himself and is gone away, and straightway forgot of what sort he was.
²⁵But he that closely looked into perfect law, that of liberty, and abode close, being not a quite forgetful hearer, but a work-doer, he shall be blessed in his doing. (James 1:21‑25)

• Ways, and not nature, were in question, even though renewal of heart were there. Hence the young man, where energy of will is found, into “cleanse his way.” Lusts would have carried his will elsewhere: how should he find the means of having his ways clear before God? Watchfulness, the fear of God (not will) according to God's word. God's word—how precious to have it in such a world of darkness and will, to guide our feet in a path according to God's mind! (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)

• Having cast himself upon God, the psalmist can say with confidence, “I will keep thy statutes,” though recognizing past failure, which leads to the cry, “O forsake me not utterly.” (“Psalm 119:9-16: Division 2 (Beth)” by H. Smith)

• “Beth”— the way of their cleansing (vs. 9-16). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.

W. Kelly Translation

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By what shall a youth cleanse his path?{HR}By taking heed (to keep it) according to thy word.