Psalms 119:101
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Psalms 119:101 in other translations
| BSB | I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word. |
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| WEB | I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word. |
| ASV | I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word. |
| YLT | From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word. |
| DARBY | I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word. |
| BBE | I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word. |
| Webster | I 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
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Psalms 119:101 in the original Hebrew
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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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- 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.
Psalms 119:101 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De todo mal camino contuve mis pies, para guardar tu palabra. |
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| 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. |