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Psa 119:96 — I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I have seen		That is, I have seen that all human wisdom or knowledge, however extensive, noble, and excellent, has it bounds, and limits, and end; but Thy law, a transcript of Thine own mind, is infinite, and extends to eternity. Psa 39:5,6; 1Sa 9:2; 1Sa 17:8,49-51; 1Sa 31:4,5; 2Sa 14:25; 2Sa 16:23; 2Sa 17:23; 2Sa 18:14,17; Ecc 1:2,3; Ecc 2:11; Ecc 7:20; Ecc 12:8; Mat 5:18; Mat 24:35
but thy		Psa 19:7,8; Mat 5:28; Mat 22:37-40; Mar 12:29-34; Rom 7:7-12,14; Hbr 4:12,13

Correlating Passages

I have seen

	Psa 39:5	Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
	Psa 39:6	Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
	1Sa 9:2	And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher than any of the people.
	1Sa 17:8	And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set [your] battle in array? [am] not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
	1Sa 17:49	And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang [it], and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
	1Sa 17:50	So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but [there was] no sword in the hand of David.
	1Sa 17:51	Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
	1Sa 31:4	Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
	1Sa 31:5	And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
	2Sa 14:25	But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
	2Sa 16:23	And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, [was] as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
	2Sa 17:23	And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
	2Sa 18:14	Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he [was] yet alive in the midst of the oak.
	2Sa 18:17	And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
	Ecc 1:2	Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
	Ecc 1:3	What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
	Ecc 2:11	Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
	Ecc 7:20	For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
	Ecc 12:8	Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.
	Mat 5:18	For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
	Mat 24:35	Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

but thy

	Psa 19:7	The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.
	Psa 19:8	The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.
	Mat 5:28	But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
	Mat 22:37	Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
	Mat 22:38	This is the first and great commandment.
	Mat 22:39	And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
	Mat 22:40	On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
	Mar 12:29	And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
	Mar 12:30	And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
	Mar 12:31	And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
	Mar 12:32	And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
	Mar 12:33	And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
	Mar 12:34	And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him [any question].
	Rom 7:7	What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
	Rom 7:8	But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin [was] dead.
	Rom 7:9	For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
	Rom 7:10	And the commandment, which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] unto death.
	Rom 7:11	For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me].
	Rom 7:12	Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
	Rom 7:14	For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
	Hbr 4:12	For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
	Hbr 4:13	Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 119:96," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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