Psalms 119:101
I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
In Context
100I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.
102I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.
Cross References
Psalms 18:23And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
Psalms 119:59I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:126It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.
Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all.
Jeremiah 2:36Why dost thou gad about so much, and change thy way? Thou shalt also be brought to shame by Egypt, as thou wast brought to shame by Assyria.
1 Peter 2:1Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
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 →