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Psalms 119:98–103

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Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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From verse 98

  1. Proverbs 2:6Rank 1 from verse 98
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    6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

  2. Colossians 3:16Rank 2 from verse 98
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    16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  3. James 1:25Rank 3 from verse 98
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    25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

  4. Psalms 119:104–105Rank 4 from verse 98
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    104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

    105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

  5. Deuteronomy 4:6Rank 5 from verse 98
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    6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

From verse 99

  1. Matthew 11:25Rank 1 from verse 99
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    25¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

  2. Matthew 13:11Rank 2 from verse 99
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    11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

  3. 2 Timothy 3:15–17Rank 3 from verse 99
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    15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

    16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

    17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

  4. Psalms 119:24Rank 4 from verse 99
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    24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellers.

  5. Matthew 23:24–36Rank 5 from verse 99
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    24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

    25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

    26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

    27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, and of all uncleanness.

    28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

    29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

    30And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

    31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

    32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

    33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

    34¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

    35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

    36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

From verse 100

  1. James 3:13Rank 1 from verse 100
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    13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

  2. Psalms 111:10Rank 2 from verse 100
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    10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

  3. Jeremiah 8:8–9Rank 3 from verse 100
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    8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

    9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

  4. Job 12:12Rank 4 from verse 100
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    12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

  5. Job 15:9–10Rank 5 from verse 100
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    9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

    10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

From verse 101

  1. 1 Peter 3:10–11Rank 1 from verse 101
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    10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

    11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

  2. Proverbs 1:15Rank 2 from verse 101
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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

  3. Isaiah 55:7Rank 3 from verse 101
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    7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  4. Psalms 119:104Rank 4 from verse 101
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    104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

  5. 1 Peter 2:1–2Rank 5 from verse 101
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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

    2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

From verse 102

  1. 1 John 2:27Rank 1 from verse 102
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    27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:13Rank 2 from verse 102
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    13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

  3. Proverbs 5:7Rank 3 from verse 102
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    7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

  4. Psalms 18:21Rank 4 from verse 102
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    21For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

  5. Jeremiah 32:40Rank 5 from verse 102
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    40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

From verse 103

  1. Proverbs 8:11Rank 1 from verse 103
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    11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

  2. Psalms 19:10Rank 2 from verse 103
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    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  3. Proverbs 24:13–14Rank 3 from verse 103
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    13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  4. Psalms 63:5Rank 4 from verse 103
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    5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

  5. Job 23:12Rank 5 from verse 103
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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.

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Psalms 119:98

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through

From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

commandments

Authoritative commands, laws, or precepts; especially commands given by God, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890

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wiser

Having greater wisdom, discernment, or sound judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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ever

At any time; always; continually; or forever, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 119:99

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

all

Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage

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Psalms 119:100

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

understand

To comprehend, perceive, discern, or know the meaning or significance of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

ancients

People of former times; elders, aged persons, or senior leaders, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

keep

To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage

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Psalms 119:101

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every

Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890

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keep

To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.

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word

A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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Psalms 119:102

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 119:103

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sweet

Pleasing to the smell; fragrant. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 · KJV usage

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words

Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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taste

To perceive, try, eat, or drink by the mouth; as a noun, the flavor or sensation so perceived.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage

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yea

Yes; truly; an expression of affirmation or emphasis.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828

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sweeter

Pleasing to the smell; fragrant. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 · KJV usage

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mouth

The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage

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97O 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.

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99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

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100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

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101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

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

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

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104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

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