Psalm 119:72 {118:72}
Good News Translation
The law that you gave means more to me than all the money in the world.

New Revised Standard Version
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Contemporary English Version
I would rather obey you than to have a thousand pieces of silver and gold.

New American Bible
The law of your mouth is more precious to me than heaps of silver and gold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.

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Psalm 119:14,111,127,162 I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches. . . .

Psalm 19:10 More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

Proverbs 3:14,15 She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her. . . .

Proverbs 8:10,11,19 For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it. . . .

Proverbs 16:16 Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Matthew 13:44-46 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. . . .

Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
71It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications. 72The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.73Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.…
Cross References
Psalm 19:10
More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

Psalm 119:13
With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.

Psalm 119:127
Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.

Proverbs 8:10
For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.

Proverbs 8:11
I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.

Psalm 119:71
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