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127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

Psalms 119:127

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  • Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: …

  • For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

  • How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

  • Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 127-128)

David here, as often in this psalm, professes the great love he had to the word and law of God; and, to evidence the sincerity of it, observe, 1. The degree of his love. He loved his Bible better than he loved his money— above gold, yea, above fine gold . Gold, fine gold, is what most men set their hearts upon; nothing charms them and dazzles their eyes so much as gold does. It is fine gold, a fin…

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