Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
Parallel translations
- KJV Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
- BSB Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- ESV Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
- NKJV Therefore I love Your commandments More than gold, yes, than fine gold!
- NASB Therefore I love Your commandments Above gold, yes, above pure gold.
- NLT Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 19:10More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
- Matt 13:45–46“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
- Prov 8:11For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
- Prov 16:16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
- Prov 3:13–18Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
- Eph 3:8To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Ps 119:72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD
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