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Psalm 119:72

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH

70Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH
73Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
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Thousands of pieces of gold and silver make the comparison concrete: the poet treasures what God says above a fortune, making value a personal matter.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, LORD, God of Armies.Both describe God's words as a personal treasure, with Jeremiah expressing joy and the psalm expressing value beyond wealth.
Romans 12:2Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of …Both concern valuing what comes from God, though Romans addresses renewed discernment and the psalm compares God's law with wealth.
Psalm 1:2but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.Both express delight in God's law, through sustained meditation in Psalm 1 and a comparison with riches in Psalm 119.
Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.Both use the language of wealth to express the worth of truth or instruction that deserves to be treasured.
Psalm 19:7The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.Both praise the worth of God's law; Psalm 19 names its work of restoring the soul and imparting wisdom.
Proverbs 8:10–11Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.Both rank instruction above silver and gold, treating what is learned as worth more than precious metals.
Psalm 119:162I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.Both compare God's word with great riches, expressing the personal value and joy found in what God says.
Psalm 19:10They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.Both use gold in abundance as a measure of value, then describe something more desirable than that wealth.
Romans 7:22For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,Both express personal delight in God's law, describing an inward response of gladness and esteem.
Proverbs 16:16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.Both use gold and silver as comparisons, ranking wisdom or God's law above material wealth.
Matthew 13:44–46“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that …Both describe surpassing worth through treasure, though the psalm speaks of God's law and Jesus speaks of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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The poet has known affliction and still counts God's law as treasure. Wealth is a real comparison here, and even a fortune ranks below what God says.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).