Verse 71

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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 94:12-13 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
• Ps 119:67 : 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
• 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
• Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
• Isa 27:9 : 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.