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Psalms 119:101
101I kept my feet from every evil way, in order to follow Your 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 insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. 100I have gained more understanding than all my elders, for I have kept Your precepts. I kept my feet from every evil way, in order to follow Your word. 102I do not turn away from Your rulings, for You Yourself have taught me. 103How sweet is Your word to my taste— yes, 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:101
- Psalms 119:59I have considered my ways and turned my feet back to Your testimonies.
- Psalms 18:23For all His judgments are before me. I do not put His rulings away from me.
- Proverbs 1:15My son, do not go along with them, keep your foot from their path—
- Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray. Each of us turned to his own way. So Adonai has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous one his thoughts, let him return to Adonai, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
- Jeremiah 2:36Why do you make light of changing your way? You will be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.
- 1 Peter 2:1So get rid of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all lashon ha-ra .
- 1 Peter 3:10For, “The one who loves life, wanting to see good days, must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
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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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- 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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