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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 handbreadths,{HR}And my lifetime as nothing before thee:{HR}Surely all vanity [is] every man appointed. Selah.
⁶Surely in an image doth man walk;{HR}Surely in vain are they disquieted:{HR}He hoardeth, 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 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 armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
⁵And when his armourbearer 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 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 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 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 everyone to his tent. (2 Sam. 18:14,17)

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Eccl. 1:2‑3• ²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,{HR}Vanity of vanities; the whole [is] vanity.
³What profit hath man in all his toil{HR}Wherewith he toileth 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,{HR}And on the labour that I had laboured to do:{HR}And, behold, all [was] vanity and a striving after wind,{HR}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,{HR}That doeth good, and sinneth not. (Eccl. 7:20)

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Eccl. 12:8• ⁸Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher;{HR}All [is] vanity. (Eccl. 12:8)

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Matt. 5:18• ¹⁸For verily I say to you, Till the heaven and the earth pass, one iota or one point shall in no wise pass from the law till all things 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 not pass away. (Matt. 24:35)

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Psa. 19:7‑8• 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. (Psa. 19:7‑8)

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Matt. 5:28• ²⁸but I say unto you that every one that looketh at a woman to lust after her committed adultery with her already 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 of all the commandments 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 none other commandment greater than these.
³²And the scribe said unto him, Right, teacher, thou hast said the truth; for he is one, and there is none other;
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 neighbour as oneself, is more than 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 anymore. (Mark 12:29‑34)

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Rom. 7:7‑12,14• ⁷What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? Let it not be. Nay, I had not known sin unless by law; for lust also I had not been conscious of, unless the law had said, “Thou shalt not lust.”
⁸But sin having taken occasion by the commandment wrought in me every lust; for apart from law sin is dead.
⁹But I was alive apart from law once; but, the commandment having come, sin revived and I died,
¹⁰and the commandment that [was] unto life, this was found to me unto death.
¹¹For sin having taken a point of attack by the commandment deceived me and by it slew [me].
¹²So that 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 living [is] the word of God, and effectual, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge heart's thoughts and intents.
¹³And not a creature is unmanifest in his sight; but all things [are] naked and laid bare to his eyes with whom [is] our account. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

To all perfection I have seen an end:{HR}Exceeding broad [is] thy commandment.