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Psalm 119:164

Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

162I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
163I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
164Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
165Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
166I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
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Seven praises within a day show how God's righteous ordinances can become a recurring reason for gratitude in the midst of ordinary hours.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.Both verses name God's righteous ordinances as the reason for praise or thanks, whether throughout the day or at midnight.
Psalm 55:17Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.Both describe repeated prayer within a day, though one voices praise and the other cries out in distress.
Psalm 97:8Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, LORD.Both connect joy expressed toward God with his judgments or ordinances.
Psalm 48:11Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.God's judgments are cause for rejoicing in Psalm 48, just as his righteous ordinances are cause for praise here.
Leviticus 26:18“‘If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.Both use “seven times,” though the psalm speaks of praise and Leviticus warns of punishment for refusing to listen.
Revelation 19:2for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the …Both affirm the righteousness of God's judgments, with Revelation naming judgment against corruption and the shedding of his servants' blood.
Leviticus 20:22“‘You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out.God's ordinances are central to both passages: the psalm praises God for them, while Leviticus commands obedience to them.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. wanting a steady prayer habit. an ordinary day.

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Pause at lunch to praise God for his righteous ordinances

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Encouragement

There is reason to praise God again within the same day: his ordinances are righteous, and their worth does not fade between moments of praise.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).