Psalms 119:100
I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
BSB
ASV
I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
KJV
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Through
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.
leads to
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
of knowledge, both of the matter of all useful, moral truth, and an experience of its application. wiser than mine enemies--with all their carnal cunning (De 4:6, 8). they are ever with me--The Hebrew is, rather singular, "it is ever with me"; the commandments forming ONE complete whole, Thy law.
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The second benefit of keeping the commandments of God is the understanding of the sacred Scriptures; the Psalm: "I have understood above the ancients, because I have sought your commandments." But how we may arrive at the understanding of the sacred Scriptures, Gregory shows: whence …
