Choq חֹק
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| חֹק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | choq |
| Strong's number | H2706 (H2706G, H2706H, H2706I) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | statute: decree |
| Occurrences | 127 in 124 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (30) |
Choq (Hebrew חֹק, Strong's H2706) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “statute: decree”. It occurs 127 times in 124 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H2706G: statute: decree
: decree
1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
1a) prescribed task
1b) prescribed portion
1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
1d) prescribed due
1e) prescribed limit, boundary
1f) enactment, decree, ordinance
1f1) specific decree
1f2) law in general
1g) enactments, statutes
1g1) conditions
1g2) enactments
1g3) decrees
1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God
1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
1a) prescribed task
1b) prescribed portion
1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
1d) prescribed due
1e) prescribed limit, boundary
1f) enactment, decree, ordinance
1f1) specific decree
1f2) law in general
1g) enactments, statutes
1g1) conditions
1g2) enactments
1g3) decrees
1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God
H2706H: statute: portion
: portion
1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
1a) prescribed task
1b) prescribed portion
1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
1d) prescribed due
1e) prescribed limit, boundary
1f) enactment, decree, ordinance
1f1) specific decree
1f2) law in general
1g) enactments, statutes
1g1) conditions
1g2) enactments
1g3) decrees
1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God
1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
1a) prescribed task
1b) prescribed portion
1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
1d) prescribed due
1e) prescribed limit, boundary
1f) enactment, decree, ordinance
1f1) specific decree
1f2) law in general
1g) enactments, statutes
1g1) conditions
1g2) enactments
1g3) decrees
1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God
H2706I: statute: allotment
: allotment/boundary
1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
1a) prescribed task
1b) prescribed portion
1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
1d) prescribed due
1e) prescribed limit, boundary
1f) enactment, decree, ordinance
1f1) specific decree
1f2) law in general
1g) enactments, statutes
1g1) conditions
1g2) enactments
1g3) decrees
1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God
1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
1a) prescribed task
1b) prescribed portion
1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
1d) prescribed due
1e) prescribed limit, boundary
1f) enactment, decree, ordinance
1f1) specific decree
1f2) law in general
1g) enactments, statutes
1g1) conditions
1g2) enactments
1g3) decrees
1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | statutes (74), statute (13), decree (7), ordinance (6), law (4), due (4), portion (3), ordinances (3), custom (2), bounds (2), task (1), time (1), and 7 other renderings |
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| BSB | statutes (38), your statutes (21), statute (8), his statutes (8), my statutes (8), decree (6), portion (4), are the statutes (2), rations (1), law (1), your quota (1), is your share (1), and 21 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Choq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 47:22Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
- Genesis 47:26And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
Exodus
- Exodus 5:14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
- Exodus 12:24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.
- Exodus 15:25And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
- Exodus 15:26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- Exodus 18:16When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”
- Exodus 18:20And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.
- Exodus 29:28And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.
- Exodus 30:21So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
Leviticus
- Leviticus 6:18All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
- Leviticus 6:22And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the Lord; it shall be wholly burnt.The priest, who is one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for the LORD, it must be burned completely.
- Leviticus 7:34For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
- Leviticus 10:11And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
- Leviticus 10:13And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire: for so I am commanded.You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the offerings made by fire to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.
- Leviticus 10:14And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
- Leviticus 10:15The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the Lord hath commanded.They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the offerings made by fire, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
- Leviticus 24:9And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute.It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD—his portion forever.”
- Leviticus 26:46These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.
Numbers
- Numbers 18:8And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
- Numbers 18:11And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
- Numbers 18:19All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee.All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
- Numbers 30:16These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house.These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 4:1Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
- Deuteronomy 4:6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
- Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
- Deuteronomy 4:14And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
- Deuteronomy 4:40Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
- Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 5:1And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
- Deuteronomy 5:31But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
- Deuteronomy 6:1Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
- Deuteronomy 6:17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
- Deuteronomy 6:20And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
- Deuteronomy 6:24And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.
- Deuteronomy 7:11Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.
- Deuteronomy 11:32And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
- Deuteronomy 12:1These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
- Deuteronomy 16:12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
- Deuteronomy 17:19And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.
- Deuteronomy 26:16This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 26:17Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
- Deuteronomy 27:10Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.”
Joshua
- Joshua 24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
Judges
- Judges 11:39And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 30:25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 3:14And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
- 1 Kings 8:58That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
- 1 Kings 8:61Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
- 1 Kings 9:4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 17:15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
- 2 Kings 17:37And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 16:17And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
- 1 Chronicles 22:13Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
- 1 Chronicles 29:19And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 7:17And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
- 2 Chronicles 19:10And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
- 2 Chronicles 33:8Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 35:25And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
Ezra
- Ezra 7:10For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
- Ezra 7:11Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 1:7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
- Nehemiah 9:13Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
- Nehemiah 9:14And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
- Nehemiah 10:29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
Job
- Job 14:5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
- Job 14:13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
- Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- Job 23:14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
- Job 26:10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
- Job 28:26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
- Job 38:10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
Psalms
- Psalm 2:7I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
- Psalm 50:16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
- Psalm 81:4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
- Psalm 94:20Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
- Psalm 99:7He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
- Psalm 105:10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
- Psalm 105:45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
- Psalm 119:5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
- Psalm 119:8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
- Psalm 119:12Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:23Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:26I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:33Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
- Psalm 119:48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
- Psalm 119:64The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
- Psalm 119:83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
- Psalm 119:117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
- Psalm 119:124Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:145I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:171My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
- Psalm 147:19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
- Psalm 148:6He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
- Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Proverbs 31:15She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 5:14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
- Isaiah 24:5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
- Jeremiah 31:36If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
- Jeremiah 32:11So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 11:12And ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
- Ezekiel 16:27Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.
- Ezekiel 20:18But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
- Ezekiel 20:25Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.
- Ezekiel 36:27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
- Ezekiel 45:14Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer).
Amos
- Amos 2:4Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
Micah
- Micah 7:11In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.The day for rebuilding your walls will come— the day for extending your boundary.
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 2:2Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
Zechariah
- Zechariah 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
Malachi
- Malachi 3:7Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
- Malachi 4:4Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).