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Psalm 119:3

Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.

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.
5Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
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The words “nothing wrong” set a demanding standard, while “his ways” locates the measure of a faithful life in God himself.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.Both passages describe obedience as walking: the psalm names God's ways, and Ephesians names good works prepared by God.
1 John 5:18We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.Both texts speak of refraining from sin, with the psalm naming God's ways and John naming birth from God.
1 John 3:9Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.The psalm's “nothing wrong” and John's “doesn’t commit sin” both describe lives in which wrongdoing has no place.
Psalm 128:1A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways.Both describe walking in God's ways, and Psalm 128 links that walk with fearing the LORD and being blessed.
Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one …Both describe people who do no wrong; Zephaniah names the remnant of Israel and adds freedom from lies and fear.
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Encouragement

The psalm describes blameless walking, then voices a longing for steadfastness. There is room here to ask for help obeying; God's ways remain the standard.

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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).