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Psa. 119:96 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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I have seen.That is, I have seen that all human wisdom or knowledge, however extensive, noble, and excellent, has it bounds, and limits, and end; but Thy law, a transcript of Thine own mind, is infinite, and extends to eternity.

Psa. 39:5‑6• ⁵Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
⁶Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psa. 39:5‑6)

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1 Sam. 9:2• ²And he had a son whose name was Saul, choice and comely; and there was not among the children of Israel a comelier person than he; from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. (1 Sam. 9:2)

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1 Sam. 17:8,49‑51• ⁸And he stood and cried to the ranks of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I the Philistine, and ye servants of Saul? choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.
⁴⁹And David put his hand into the bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead; and he fell on his face to the earth.
⁵⁰So David overcame the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine and killed him; and there was no sword in the hand of David.
⁵¹And David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him completely, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled. (1 Sam. 17:8,49‑51)

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1 Sam. 31:4‑5• ⁴Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.
⁵And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him. (1 Sam. 31:4‑5)

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2 Sam. 14:25• ²⁵But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. (2 Sam. 14:25)

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2 Sam. 16:23• ²³And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. (2 Sam. 16:23)

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2 Sam. 17:23• ²³And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:23)

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2 Sam. 18:14,17• ¹⁴Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them into Absalom's body, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.
¹⁷And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and raised a very great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled every one to his tent. (2 Sam. 18:14,17)

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Eccl. 1:2‑3• ²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
³What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun? (Eccl. 1:2‑3)

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Eccl. 2:11• ¹¹Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun. (Eccl. 2:11)

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Eccl. 7:20• ²⁰Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not. (Eccl. 7:20)

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Eccl. 12:8• ⁸Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity. (Eccl. 12:8)

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Matt. 5:18• ¹⁸For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass. (Matt. 5:18)

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Matt. 24:35• ³⁵The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. (Matt. 24:35)

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Psa. 19:7‑8• ⁷The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple;
⁸The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes; (Psa. 19:7‑8)

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Matt. 5:28• ²⁸But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matt. 5:28)

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Matt. 22:37‑40• ³⁷And he said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.
³⁸This is the great and first commandment.
³⁹And the second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
⁴⁰On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang. (Matt. 22:37‑40)

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Mark 12:29‑34• ²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord;
³⁰and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment.
³¹And a second like it is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.
³²And the scribe said to him, Right, teacher; thou hast spoken according to the truth. For he is one, and there is none other besides him;
³³and to love him with all the heart, and with all the intelligence, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is more than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
³⁴And Jesus, seeing that he had answered intelligently, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared question him any more. (Mark 12:29‑34)

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Rom. 7:7‑12,14• ⁷What shall we say then? is the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;
⁸but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin was dead.
⁹But *I* was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but *I* died.
¹⁰And the commandment, which was for life, was found, as to me, itself to be unto death:
¹¹for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
¹²So that the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
¹⁴For we know that the law is spiritual: but *I* am fleshly, sold under sin. (Rom. 7:7‑12,14)

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Heb. 4:12‑13• ¹²For the word of God is living and operative, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to the division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
¹³And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things are naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do. (Heb. 4:12‑13)

• Another pressure of the soul is universal failure. Not that there is no integrity; but the heart would be disposed to say so under the pressure of it. But there is no fulfilling, completing—such is the force of the word—the will of God even in those who undertake to walk in it. But if the heart turn to the word, it has quite another effect. This very failure, though never justified, leads to see how perfect, how complete, and wide God's commandment is—how it reaches to everything in which man can be engaged—everything in the relation of the creature to God—all moral relations. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120” by J.N. Darby)

• Around him he sees nothing but universal failure. Amongst men nothing reaches to perfection. Nevertheless, he finds that God’s Word is exceeding broad―broad enough to reach to every detail of life, and thus guide in every circumstance that can arise. (“Psalm 119:89-96: Division 12 (Lamed)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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