Psalms 119:101
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
King James Version
In Context
100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Cross References
Psalms 18:23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Psalms 119:59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:126It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for 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 the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Jeremiah 2:36Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
1 Peter 2:1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, 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 →