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Psalm 119:2

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

1ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.
2Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
3Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
4You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
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The words “whole heart” reach beyond outward obedience, describing a blessed life in which keeping God’s statutes and seeking God belong together.

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Jeremiah 29:13You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.Both passages speak of seeking God with the whole heart; Jeremiah adds the promise that those who search will find him.
Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you shall seek the LORD your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.Both describe seeking God with all the heart, and Deuteronomy includes all the soul in that search.
Psalm 119:10With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.Wholehearted seeking and keeping God’s commands appear in both verses, with verse 10 turning that desire into a prayer for help.
Psalm 145:18The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.Both describe sincere turning toward God: seeking him with the whole heart and calling on him in truth.
John 14:23Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.Both connect keeping the divine word with devotion to its giver: seeking God in the psalm and loving Jesus in John.
Proverbs 23:26My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.Both join the heart’s devotion with following the ways of the one who gives instruction.
Psalm 25:10All the paths of the LORD are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.Both describe good belonging to those who keep God’s instruction: blessing in Psalm 119, loving kindness and truth in Psalm 25.
Ezekiel 36:27I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.Keeping God’s statutes appears in both passages; Ezekiel names God’s Spirit as the one who enables that obedience.
Proverbs 29:18Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.Both name the person who keeps God’s instruction as blessed.
1 John 2:5But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:Both connect keeping God’s word with a life directed toward him, expressed through wholehearted seeking in the psalm and love in John.
Deuteronomy 6:17You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.Both speak of keeping God’s statutes, treating his instruction as something to obey.
1 Kings 2:3and keep the instruction of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to …Both join keeping God’s statutes with a good outcome: blessing in the psalm and prospering in the charge recorded in Kings.
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