Psalms 119:67 · KJV
“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.”
— Psalms 119:67
Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Thou {art} good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
Psalms 119 — Context
TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
68Thou {art} good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69The proud have forged a lie against me: {but} I will keep thy precepts with {my} whole heart.
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:18-19
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself {thus}; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed {to the yoke}: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou {art} the LORD my God.
Psalms 119:71
{It is} good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Hosea 5:15
I will go {and} return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. {acknowledge...: Heb. be guilty}
Psalms 119:75
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness}
Psalms 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Hebrews 12:5-11
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Hosea 2:6-7
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. {make...: Heb. wall a wall}