Psalms 119:100
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.”
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BSBPD
“I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 119:100 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 12:6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
- Job 12:12Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
- Job 15:9What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
- Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- Job 32:4Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
- Job 32:7I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
- Job 32:9It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
- Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
- Jeremiah 8:8How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
- Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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