Psalms 119:127

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
Ps 119:72 : 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.
Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. 14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
Matt 13:45-46 : 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: 46 and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:128-129
2 verses
82%
128Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:47-48
2 verses
80%
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
48I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.
Ps 119:72-73
2 verses
79%
72The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.
73YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Ps 119:140
78%
140Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
Ps 119:119
78%
119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
Ps 119:166-168
3 verses
77%
166I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.
167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:96-101
6 verses
77%
96I have seen an end of all perfection; [But] thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
99I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.
100I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
Ps 119:159-160
2 verses
76%
159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
160The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.
Ps 119:103-104
2 verses
76%
103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
104Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.
Ps 119:162-164
3 verses
76%
162I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
163I hate and abhor falsehood; [But] thy law do I love.
164Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.
Ps 19:10
75%
10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
Ps 119:14-16
3 verses
75%
14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:10-12
3 verses
75%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:66
75%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
Ps 119:142-143
2 verses
75%
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
Ps 119:34-35
2 verses
75%
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
Ps 119:111-113
3 verses
74%
111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
113SAMEKH. I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.
Ps 119:126
74%
126It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.
Ps 119:56
74%
56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
Ps 119:4
73%
4Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
Ps 119:172
73%
172Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.
Ps 138:2
72%
2I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Ps 119:174
72%
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:40
72%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:151
71%
151Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.
Ps 119:60
71%
60I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.
Ps 119:77
71%
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:131
71%
131I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.