Psalms 119:100

KJV1611 – Modern English

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts.

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  • Job 12:12 : 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
  • Job 15:9-9 : 9 What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that is not in us? 10 With us are both the gray-headed and very aged men, much older than your father.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And to man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
  • Job 32:4 : 4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.
  • Job 32:7-9 : 7 I said, Let days speak, and multitude of years teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding. 9 Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged understand judgment. 10 Therefore I said, Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do his commandments; his praise endures forever.
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Behold, certainly in vain he made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.
  • 1 Kgs 12:6-9 : 6 And King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do you advise that I should answer this people? 7 And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him, 9 and he said to them, What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which your father put upon us lighter? 10 And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you speak to this people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter for us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's waist. 11 And now, whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men that they gave him, 14 and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 Therefore the king did not listen to the people, for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform His word, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 119:98-99
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    98 You, through Your commandments, have made me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me.

    99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

  • Ps 119:33-34
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    33 HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end.

    34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

  • Ps 119:56
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    56 This has come to be because I kept Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:101-104
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    101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your word.

    102 I have not departed from Your judgments, for You Yourself have taught me.

    103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

    104 Through Your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way.

  • Ps 119:167-169
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    167 My soul keeps Your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

    168 I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.

    169 TAU. Let my cry come near before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.

  • Ps 119:26-27
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    26 I have declared my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

    27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, so shall I meditate on Your wondrous works.

  • Ps 119:127-130
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    127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, yes, than fine gold.

    128 Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way.

    129 PE. Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.

    130 The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

  • Ps 119:66-67
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    66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe Your commandments.

    67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep Your word.

  • Ps 119:14-16
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    14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

    15 I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways.

    16 I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

  • Ps 119:125
    73%

    125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

  • Ps 119:69
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    69 The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.

  • Ps 119:152
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    152 Concerning Your testimonies, I have known of old that You have founded them forever.

  • Ps 119:144
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    144 The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live.

  • Ps 119:45
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    45 And I will walk at liberty, for I seek Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:10-11
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    10 With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments.

    11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

  • Ps 119:159
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    159 Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness.

  • Ps 119:110-112
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    110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.

    111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

    112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, forever, to the very end.

  • Job 12:12
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    12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

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

  • Ps 119:141
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    141 I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:4
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    4 You have commanded us to keep Your precepts diligently.

  • Ps 119:63
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    63 I am a companion of all who fear You, and of those who keep Your precepts.

  • Prov 2:11
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    11 Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

  • Ps 119:93-94
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    93 I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.

    94 I am Yours, save me; for I have sought Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:59-60
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    59 I considered my ways and turned my feet to Your testimonies.

    60 I made haste and did not delay to keep Your commandments.

  • Ps 119:40
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    40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your righteousness.

  • Ps 119:8
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    8 I will keep Your statutes; oh, do not utterly forsake me.

  • Ps 119:22
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    22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

  • Ps 119:148
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    148 My eyes are awake through the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word.

  • Ps 119:106
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    106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

  • Prov 1:2
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    2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;