Daily Bible Nugget #196, Psalm 19:11

The Nugget:

Psalm 19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

My Comment:

The Scriptures are designed for admonition. If we read and study the Bible correctly, it will correct us when we are wrong. If how we live is not pleasing to God, we will come upon Scripture that will correct us if we are listening to what God says in His written Word in the Bible. The Bible will correct us morally, spiritually, and doctrinally. But for the Bible to do that, we must read it for ourselves. For us to be corrected doctrinally, we must be open to correction. We must be open to new insights that we receive as we read and study the Bible. By personal experience I know that the Bible is a self-correcting Book. I have had to change my mind about things I thought were true after I studied more about it in the Bible. For example, today I was studying John 1:18. There the Bible tells us that no man hath seen God at any time. Yet I knew that Jacob said he had directly seen God in Genesis 32:30. I did more study on Genesis 32:30 this morning and its immediate context, adding more cross references as I found them for that passage. I believe I may have found the resolution to what seems on the surface to be a direct contradiction. There are instances in the Old Testament where God appeared to men but not in His full glory. There are other instances where God allowed just a brief glimpse of His glory. I once thought that whenever God was said to have been seen in the Old Testament that this was an instance of a pre-incarnate appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ. And some of the OT accounts can be proven to be just that. But other instances might well be different. They are likely an appearance of God the Father. In any case, the subject makes for an interesting study, and I have now placed much fuller cross references at Genesis 32:30 that lead to all the evidence I found. Now, if we should happen to be seriously mistaken about a Bible doctrine, further reading in the Bible will bring us to statements in the Bible which do not and cannot fit our mistaken view. If we are true to the Bible, we will heed its correction. If our church or denominational tradition or understanding of the Bible is more important to us than the truth expressed in God’s Word, we may be tempted to ignore the admonition or correction we found in our study, and instead go on without changing a thing. That is not a good thing to do! See the warnings in Proverbs 29:1 and Isaiah 8:20 about that.

For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:

(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 544 for Psalm 19:11.

(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 597 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Psalm 19:11.

(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:

Psalm 19:11. Moreover. **Ps 119:11. 2 Ch 19:10. Pr 6:22, 23. Ezk 3:17-21. 33:3-9. Mt 3:7. Ac 20:31. 1 Cor 4:14. *1 Cor 10:11. 1 Th 5:14. He 11:7. by them. or, in them. Heb. bahem, as in verse Ps 19:4, going about the Scriptures, moving and dwelling in the written Word, as the sun does in the heavens (CB). 1 Tim 4:15. **2 Tim 3:14. thy servant. ver. Ps 19:13. Ps 18, title. warned. or, enlightened; hence, taught or admonished (CB). +*Ps 119:24. Ec 2:14. Ezk 3:21. **2 Tim 3:16, 17. keeping. or, observing, or watching; as observers watch the heavenly bodies (CB). Ps 130:6. Dt 15:5. 17:20. *Pr 3:16-18. *Pr 11:18. 19:8. *Pr 29:18. Is 3:10, 11. 21:11. Mt 6:4, 6, 18. +*Lk 11:28. +*Jn 13:17. He 11:6, 26. *James 1:25. 2 J 1:8. Re 14:13. 22:7. great reward. T#302. Ps 25:10. 103:17, 18. +*Ex 20:6. 39:43. Le 18:5. Dt 5:29. 6:18. 11:27. 32:46, 47. Ru 2:12. 2 S 22:21. *2 Ch 15:7. Ne 9:29. Pr 3:1, 2. 13:13. 24:14. Is 1:19, 20. Ezk 18:5-9, 22. 20:13. +Mt 5:12. *Mt 7:21, 24, 25. 19:17. Lk 10:27, 28. Jn 12:26. 14:23, 24. Ro 10:5. +*1 Cor 15:58. +*1 Tim 4:8. +*He 10:35. Re 3:8, 10, 12. 22:7, *Re 22:14.

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One Response to Daily Bible Nugget #196, Psalm 19:11

  1. ken sagely says:

    rev 5.12 “Worthy is Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom,
    and strength, and honour, and glory , and blessing. ”

    psm 19.11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them
    there is great reward.

    encouraging cross refs.(the best commentary on the bible is the bible)
    1. prov 6.22-23 When thou goest, it shall lead thee: when thou sleepest,
    it shall keep thee: and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. vs 23
    For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of
    instruction are the way of life:
    2. mt 3.7-8 But when he saw many of the pharisees and saducees come to
    his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned
    you to flee from the wrath to come? v8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for
    repentance:
    3. ac 20.31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of 3 years I
    ceased not warn every one night and day with tears.
    4. 1 co 4.14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons i
    warn you.
    5. 1 thess 5.14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort
    the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
    6. heb 11.7 By faith noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved
    with fear, prepared as ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned
    the world, and because heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
    7 pro 11.18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteous
    ness shall be a sure reward.
    8. mt 6.4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret
    himself shall reward thee openly.
    9. mt 6.6 But thou, when thou prayest enter into thy closed, and when thou hast
    shut the door, pray to thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in
    secret shall reward thee openly.
    10. heb 11.6 But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to
    God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his
    house: by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness
    which is by faith.
    11. jas 1.25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein,
    he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his
    deed.
    12. 2 jn 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought,
    but that we receive a full reward.

    psm 113.3 “From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lords
    Name is to be praised.”

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