Psalms 119:72

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 ecious 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

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    102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

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

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    171My li shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

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

    173Let 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
    2 verses
    75%

    70Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

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

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

  • Ps 119:97-99
    3 verses
    74%

    97MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

    98Thou 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
    2 verses
    72%

    76Let, 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
    4 verses
    72%

    11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

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

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

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

  • 140Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

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    142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

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

  • Ps 119:65-66
    2 verses
    71%

    65TETH. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

  • 92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

  • 16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

  • 3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my li shall praise thee.

  • 68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

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

  • 19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

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

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

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

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

  • 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%

    26I 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.

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

  • 56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

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

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

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

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