Psalms 119 · Verse 101

Psalms 119:101

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Psalms 119:101, King James Version

Psalms 119:101 in other translations

BSBI have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
WEBI have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
ASVI have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
YLTFrom every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
DARBYI have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.
BBEI have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.
WebsterI have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

What does Psalms 119:101 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:101-104
101-104. Avoidance of sinful courses is both the effect and means of increasing in divine knowledge (compare Psa 19:10). NUN. (Psa 119:105-112).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 101 I have refrained my feet - By avoiding all sin, the spirit of wisdom still continues to rest upon me.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:97-104

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…

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Psalms 119:101 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִכָּל\־mi.kolfrom everyH3605
אֹ֣רַח'O.rachpathH734
רָ֭עra'evilH7451
כָּלִ֣אתִיka.Li.tiI have restrainedH3607
רַגְלָ֑יrag.Laifeet myH7272
לְ֝מַ֗עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616
אֶשְׁמֹ֥ר'esh.MorI may keepH8104
דְּבָרֶֽךָ\׃de.va.Re.khaword yourH1697

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:101

  • Proverbs 1:15

    My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

  • 1 Peter 3:10-11

    For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

  • Psalms 119:104

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

  • Isaiah 55:7

    Let 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.

  • 1 Peter 2:1-2

    Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

  • Isaiah 53:6

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  • Psalms 119:59-60

    I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

  • Titus 2:11-12

    For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

  • Psalms 18:23

    I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

  • Jeremiah 2:36

    Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

  • Psalms 119:126

    It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
refrained.
59,60,104,126; 18:23; Pr 1:15; Isa 53:6; 55:7; Jer 2:36
Tit 2:11,12; 1Pe 2:1,2; 3:10,11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 119:100

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

  • Psalms 119:101

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

  • Psalms 119:102

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

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Psalms 119:101 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De todo mal camino contuve mis pies, para guardar tu palabra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
J’ai gardé mes pieds de toute mauvaise voie, afin que je garde ta parole.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Von jedem bösen Pfade habe ich meine Füße zurückgehalten, damit ich dein Wort bewahre.