Psalms 119:72

טֽוֹב ־ לִי תֽוֹרַת ־ פִּיךָ מֵאַלְפֵי זָהָב וָכָֽסֶף ׃

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In The King James Version

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

In Context

71טֽוֹב ־ לִי כִֽי ־ עֻנֵּיתִי לְמַעַן אֶלְמַד חֻקֶּֽיךָ ׃

73יָדֶיךָ עָשׂוּנִי וַֽיְכוֹנְנוּנִי הֲבִינֵנִי וְאֶלְמְדָה מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 19:11הַֽנֶּחֱמָדִים מִזָּהָב וּמִפַּז רָב וּמְתוּקִים מִדְּבַשׁ וְנֹפֶת צוּפִֽים ׃

Psalms 119:111נָחַלְתִּי עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ לְעוֹלָם כִּֽי ־ שְׂשׂוֹן לִבִּי הֵֽמָּה ׃

Psalms 119:162שָׂשׂ אָנֹכִֽי עַל ־ אִמְרָתֶךָ כְּמוֹצֵא שָׁלָל רָֽב ׃

Proverbs 3:14כִּי טוֹב סַחְרָהּ מִסְּחַר ־ כָּסֶף וּמֵחָרוּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ ׃

Proverbs 8:19טוֹב פִּרְיִי מֵחָרוּץ וּמִפָּז וּתְבוּאָתִי מִכֶּסֶף נִבְחָֽר ׃

Ecclesiastes 7:11טוֹבָה חָכְמָה עִֽם ־ נַחֲלָה וְיֹתֵר לְרֹאֵי הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:72

71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. See here, 1. That it has been the lot of the best saints to be afflicted. The proud and the wicked lived in pomp and pleasure, while David, though he kept close to God and his duty, was still in affliction. Waters of a full cup are wrung out to God's people, Ps. lxxiii. 10 . 2. That it has been the advantage of God's people to be afflicted. David could speak experimentally: It was good for me; many a good lesson he had learnt by his… Read the whole commentary →

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