American Standard Version
Psalms 119:101
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way,That I might observe thy word.
Psalms 119:101 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word.
Context of Psalms 119:101
99I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation. 100I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word. 102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me. 103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:101 word by word
מִכָּל־אֹ֣רַח רָ֭ע כָּלִ֣אתִי רַגְלָ֑י לְ֝מַ֗עַן אֶשְׁמֹ֥ר דְּבָרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:101
- Psalms 119:59I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
- Psalms 18:23I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
- Proverbs 1:15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
- Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 55:7let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Jeremiah 2:36Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
- 1 Peter 2:1Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- 1 Peter 3:10For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:
Commentaries on Psalms 119:101
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 101I have refrained my feet - By avoiding all sin, the spirit of wisdom still continues to rest upon me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 101I have refrained my feet from every evil way - I have walked in the path which thy law marks out. I have avoided the way of wickedness, and have not yielded to the seductions of a sinful life. That I might keep thy word - I have avoided all those allurements which would turn me from obedience, and which would prevent a right observance of thy commands. This indicates a purpose and a desire to keep the law of God, and shows the method which he adopted in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 97-104Verses 97-104 What we love, we love to think of. All true wisdom is from God. A good man carries his Bible with him, if not in his hands, yet in his head and in his heart. By meditation on God's testimonies we understand more than our teachers, when we understand our own hearts. The written word is a more sure guide to heaven, than all the fathers, the teachers, and ancients of the church. We cannot, with any comfort or boldness, attend God in holy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 97-102make me wiser: God’s word provides wisdom and perspective. God is the true source of wisdom.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 101-104101-104. Avoidance of sinful courses is both the effect and means of increasing in divine knowledge (compare Psa 19:10). NUN. (Psa 119:105-112).Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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