Psalm 119:29

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

Cross-reference

Psalm 119:5 Parallel

Psalm 119:5 wishes his ways were directed to keep God's statutes — a parallel plea to the request for the law in verse 29.

Psalm 119:37 asks to turn eyes from worthless things, paralleling the prayer to remove lying and receive God's law.

Psalm 119:104 shows that understanding God's precepts leads to hating false ways, complementing the prayer to be removed from lying.

Psalm 119:128 declares hatred of every false way, directly relating to the plea to remove the way of lying.

Psalm 119:163 echoes the same contrast: hating lying while loving God's law, reinforcing the prayer to remove deceit.

Psalm 119:30 declares the choice of the way of truth — the positive counterpart to the plea to remove the way of lying.

Psalm 119:118 says God treads down those who err because their deceit is falsehood — reinforcing the danger of lying.

Psalm 141:3 Parallel

Psalm 141:3 asks God to guard the mouth, paralleling the prayer to remove the way of lying.

Psalm 141:4 Parallel

Psalm 141:4 prays to avoid evil inclinations, broadening the request to remove lying to all sinful paths.

Revelation 22:15 Related theme

Revelation 22:15 lists those who love and practice lies as excluded from God's presence — echoing the psalmist's plea to be removed from the way of lying.

1 John 2:4 Related theme

1 John 2:4 equates disobeying God's commands with lying, reinforcing the psalmist's link between God's law and truth.

Ephesians 4:22-25 commands putting away lying and speaking truth, directly echoing the psalmist's prayer to remove deceit.

Proverbs 30:8 explicitly asks to remove vanity and lies, directly paralleling the request to take away deceit.

Ephesians 4:25 commands putting off falsehood and speaking truth, applying the same rejection of lying to Christian community.

1 Samuel 27:10 shows David lying to Achish — another contrast with the psalmist's prayer against deceit.

1 Samuel 21:2 shows David lying to Ahimelech — contrasting with the psalmist's desire to be removed from lying.

Jeremiah 31:33 promises God will write His law on hearts — a gift that answers the psalmist's prayer for His law graciously given.

Hebrews 8:10 quotes Jeremiah's promise of law written on hearts — echoing the psalmist's plea for God's law.

Isaiah 44:20 shows the deceived heart embracing lies, contrasting with the psalmist's plea to be freed from the way of lying.

Jonah 2:8 Parallel

Jonah 2:8 warns that following lying vanities forfeits mercy, underscoring why the psalmist asks to have lying removed.

1 John 1:8 Related theme

1 John 1:8 warns against self-deception about sin, a subtle form of lying that the psalmist prays to be removed from.