...clause) and 72. — It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. It is far better to learn by suffering to delight in God's word, and to value it more than thousands...

...Do we believe that the service of GOD is to be preferred before any gain ? Can we say with David, " The Law of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver?" Do we believe that the service of GOD is not to be shunned from fear of want ? Can we say again with...

...us to pursue. Alone, supremely, eternally happy, is he, who can say unfeignedly with the psalmist, " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver, "f The mines of Mexico contain a variety of metals, but are chiefly celebrated for those of gold and...

...may wander, 'Tis all in vain we roam, If worshipless her altar At home — sweet home ! THE BIBLE. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. — Psalm 119 : 72. PRECIOUS Bible ! what a treasure Does the word of God afford ! All I want for life...

...tract, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying, chap. iii. sect. 6, on The Advantages of Sickness. 72. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and stiver. Affliction taketh from us the inclination to offend, and it giveth. us, in return, a knowledge...

...thee than seven sons, hath borne him. I Sam. I 8, am I not better to thee than ten sons ? Ps. CXIX 72, The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. This idiom is antiquated now in the sense it has in the above three passages; in a modified sense,...

...(see p. 210). : ^^;V;>V;,^;^^?^>^rf^7„7?^; Book of Psalms by the hands of David, King of Israel, The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver ; and not only so, but in the hour of man's departure neither silver nor gold nor precious stones nor...

...functions of the Bible which are not enumerated here. IV. THE PRECIOUSNESS AND SWEETNESS OF THE BIBLE 1) "The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver" (Psa. 119:72). "More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold" (Psa. 19:10). These...

...precious promises" (II Pet. 1:4). L.-"To you . . . which believe, He is precious" (I Pet. 2:7). W. - "The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver" (Ps. 119:72). L.-"My beloved is ... chiefest among ten thousand" (Song of Sol. 5:10). W. — "How sweet...

...must first of all work in us, before it can be effective through us. The Bible Is As Gold and Silver "The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver." Psalm 119:17 "The statutes of the Lord are . . . more to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much...