Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 119 connects to 7 cross-references. The longest chapter in the Bible — 176 verses in 22 sections, each using the same Hebrew letter in an acrostic. Every verse refers to God's word using one of eight synonyms: law, testimony, precepts, statute, commandment, ordinance, word, and …
Other Translations
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.
Cross References
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his …
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of …
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we …