Psalms 119:99
I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
In Context
98Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.
100I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:6So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
1 Chronicles 15:11And David sent for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab,
2 Chronicles 30:22And Hezekiah said kind words to the Levites who were expert in the ordering of the worship of the Lord: so they kept the feast for seven days, offering peace-offerings and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.
Psalms 119:24Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Jeremiah 8:8How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.
Matthew 13:11And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:99-101
98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. We have here an account of David's learning, not that of the Egyptians, but of the Israelites indeed. I. The good method by which he got it. In his youth he minded business in the country as a shepherd; from his youth he minded business in the court and camp.… Read the whole commentary →