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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 an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
⁶Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely 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, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier 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 unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
⁴⁹And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
⁵¹Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. (1 Sam. 17:8,49‑51)

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1 Sam. 31:4‑5• ⁴Then said Saul unto his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
⁵And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon 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 at the oracle 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 gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and 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 darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
¹⁷And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid 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 a man of all his labor which he taketh 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 labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. (Eccl. 2:11)

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Eccl. 7:20• ²⁰For there is not a just 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, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (Matt. 5:18)

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Matt. 24:35• ³⁵Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (Matt. 24:35)

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

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Matt. 5:28• ²⁸But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matt. 5:28)

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

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Mark 12:29‑34• ²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O 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 thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
³¹And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
³²And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
³³And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
³⁴And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question. (Mark 12:29‑34)

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Rom. 7:7‑12,14• ⁷What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
⁸But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
⁹For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
¹⁰And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
¹¹For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
¹²Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
¹⁴For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. (Rom. 7:7‑12,14)

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Heb. 4:12‑13• ¹²For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
¹³Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him 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.