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
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his …
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we …
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of …