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Psalms 119:101
I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist declares a personal commitment to restrict his movements away from wrongdoing in order to preserve obedience to God’s instruction.
The words — The Hebrew כָּלִאתִי (ka.Li.ti) means "I have restrained," and אֹרַח (O.rach) means "path," framing the deliberate act of holding back one’s steps.
The thread — This pattern of avoiding harmful routes appears in Proverbs 1:15, which forbids walking the wicked man’s road, and Psalm 119:104, which ties gaining understanding to hating every false way.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to actively check their choices and conduct so that obedience to Scripture remains uncompromised.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 1:15 my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
- 1 Peter 3:10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
- Psalms 119:104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
- Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
- Psalms 119:59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
- Isaiah 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
- 1 Peter 2:1 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
- Psalms 18:23 And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
- Psalms 119:126 It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.