Psalms 119:101
I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I might keep thy word.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
In Context
100I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.
102I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!
Cross References
Psalms 18:23I was upright before him, And kept myself from iniquity.
Psalms 119:59I think on my ways, And turn my feet to thy statutes;
Psalms 119:126It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.
Isaiah 53:6All we, like sheep, were going astray; We turned every one to his own way, And Jehovah laid upon him the iniquity of us all.
Jeremiah 2:36Why dost thou run so eagerly, changing thy way? By Egypt also shalt thou be put to shame, Even as thou hast been put to shame by Assyria.
1 Peter 2:1Laying aside therefore all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all slander,
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 →