Psalm 119:72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver. I. BECAUSE IT GIVES US BETTER FOOD. It is well designated the "word of life," because by it the life of God is implanted in the human spirit and by it preserved. Christ is "our life," and the support of "our life"; and the Bible is full of Christ. II. BECAUSE IT GIVES US BETTER RAIMENT. It offers you the "robe of righteousness," and "the robe of joy"; — robes that adorn, protect, exalt, and endure. III. BECAUSE IT GIVES US BETTER FRIENDS. A true friend is the dearest treasure of earth. Money can give you friends; but they are seldom true. And even the richest friends that money can buy for you are not to be compared with the poorest friends the Bible can give, the true men of earth, the angels and archangels of heaven, "the spirits of just men made perfect," "the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity," and the praises thereof, these are the friends the Bible offers you. IV. BECAUSE IT GIVES US BETTER HOMES. Money can give you very fine houses. But it cannot give you "a building of God, a house not made with hands eternal in the heavens." The Bible can. (J. Dunlop.) Parallel Verses KJV: The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.WEB: The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD |
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