Psalms 119:72

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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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 honeycomb.
  • Prov 8:10-11 : 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. 11 For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
  • Ps 119:127 : 127 ¶ Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
  • Ps 119:162 : 162 ¶ I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
  • Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 ¶ How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
  • Matt 13:44-46 : 44 ¶ ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.› 45 ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:› 46 ‹Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.›
  • Prov 3:14-15 : 14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
  • Ps 119:14 : 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 ¶ Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.

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  • Ps 119:127
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    127¶ Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

  • Ps 119:102-103
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    102¶ I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

    103¶ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!

  • Ps 119:171-174
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    171¶ My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

    172¶ My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness.

    173¶ Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

    174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight.

  • Ps 119:70-71
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    70Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.

    71¶ It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

  • Ps 119:73
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    73¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

  • Ps 119:97-99
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    97¶ MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.

    98¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made 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.

  • Ps 119:76-77
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    76¶ Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

    77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.

  • Ps 119:11-14
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    11¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

    12¶ Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

    13¶ With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

    14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.

  • Ps 119:140
    72%

    140¶ Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

  • Ps 119:142-143
    2 verses
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    142¶ Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.

    143¶ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.

  • Ps 119:65-66
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    65¶ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.

    66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

  • Ps 119:108
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    108¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

  • Ps 19:10
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    10More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  • Ps 119:43
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    43¶ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

  • Ps 119:131
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    131¶ I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

  • Ps 119:34
    70%

    34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.

  • Ps 119:162
    70%

    162¶ I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

  • Ps 119:129
    70%

    129¶ PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

  • Ps 119:92
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    92¶ Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16¶ How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

  • Ps 63:3
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    3¶ Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

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    68¶ Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

  • Job 23:12
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    12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].

  • Prov 8:19
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    19My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

  • Ps 119:18
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    18¶ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

  • Ps 12:6
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    6The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

  • Ps 119:167
    69%

    167¶ My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

  • Ps 119:164
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    164¶ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

  • Ps 84:10
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    10For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

  • Ps 119:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26¶ I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

    27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

  • Ps 119:159
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    159¶ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

  • Ps 119:56
    69%

    56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

  • Ps 119:47
    69%

    47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

  • Job 22:22
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    22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

  • Prov 8:10
    69%

    10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

  • Ps 40:8
    69%

    8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.