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Psalm 119:101
I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
99I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
100I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
101I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
102I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
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Feet kept from an evil road make obedience concrete: the speaker’s restraint has a stated purpose, to live by what God has said.
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Proverbs 1:15my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,Both passages picture restraint through feet and paths: Proverbs warns against joining others, and the psalm describes keeping away from evil.
1 John 5:18We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.Both passages speak of keeping oneself from sin; John also speaks of being born of God and protection from the evil one.
1 Peter 3:10–11For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.The psalm speaks of keeping feet from evil ways; Peter speaks of keeping the tongue from evil and deceit.
Psalm 119:104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUNBoth verses connect God’s instruction with rejecting wrong paths, describing restraint from evil and hatred of every false way.
Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely …Both passages describe leaving an evil way in relation to God; Isaiah also promises mercy and pardon to those who return.
Jeremiah 14:10The LORD says to this people: “Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the LORD does not accept them. Now he will …Restrained feet form the contrast: the psalm’s speaker keeps his feet from evil, while Jeremiah describes people who have not restrained theirs.
Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.Both use ways as a picture of conduct: the psalm describes avoiding evil, while Isaiah confesses that everyone has gone astray.
Titus 2:11–12For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,The connection is limited in these excerpts: the psalm speaks of obedience, while Titus announces God’s grace bringing salvation.
Psalm 119:59–60I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.Both verses connect steps with obedience to God’s instruction, describing feet restrained from evil and steps turned toward his statutes.
1 Peter 2:1–2Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,Both describe rejecting evil: the psalm uses the picture of a path, while Peter names conduct to put away.
Isaiah 56:2Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”Both describe restraint through the body: feet kept from an evil way and a hand kept from doing evil.
Psalm 18:23I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.Both speakers describe keeping themselves from wrongdoing, with Psalm 119:101 naming obedience to God’s word as the purpose.
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Turning away from an evil path has a purpose worth keeping in view. The speaker wants his steps to accord with God’s word; obedience shapes where he goes.
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