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Psalm 119:13
With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
11I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
14I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
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The words “all the ordinances” draw attention to the breadth of God’s teaching and the portions that find their way into your speech.
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Psalm 118:17I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.Both psalms speak of declaring something about God: his works in Psalm 118 and his ordinances in Psalm 119.
Psalm 71:15–18My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.Both passages put devotion into speech, telling of God’s righteousness and salvation in one, and declaring his ordinances in the other.
Psalm 105:5Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,Both passages identify God’s mouth as the source of his judgments or ordinances, which are to be remembered or declared.
Psalm 37:30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.Both passages concern the content of speech: wisdom and justice in Psalm 37, and God’s ordinances in Psalm 119.
Acts 4:20for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”Both passages describe speaking out, though Acts concerns things seen and heard, while the psalm concerns God’s ordinances.
Matthew 12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.Both passages attend to what the mouth speaks; Matthew names the heart as speech’s source, while the psalm names God’s ordinances as its content.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.Both passages connect receiving divine speech with speaking it aloud: Jesus commands proclamation, and the psalmist declares God’s ordinances.
Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.Both passages concern speech, though Colossians addresses gracious answers to people and the psalm describes declaring God’s ordinances.
Proverbs 5:2that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.Both passages give lips a role in handling what is known: preserving knowledge in Proverbs and declaring God’s ordinances in the psalm.
Genesis 15:11The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.There is no clear shared thread: Genesis describes Abram driving birds away, while the psalm describes declaring God’s ordinances.
2 Samuel 22:23For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them.Both passages refer to all God’s ordinances, with Samuel stressing adherence to them and the psalm stressing their declaration.
1 Chronicles 16:12Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,Both passages identify God’s mouth as the source of judgments or ordinances, linking remembrance of his words with their declaration.
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Your voice has a place in devotion to God. Here, the psalmist honors God’s authority by speaking the ordinances that came from God’s own mouth.
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