Psalms 19:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.d ”

Psalms 19:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

More to be desired are they than gold - That is, his law; or, as in the preceding verse, his judgments. They are more valuable than gold; they are of such a nature that the soul should more desir...
Psalms 19:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

More to be (i) desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. (i) Unless God's word is esteemed above all worldly things, it is contemned.
Psalms 19:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XIX. A. Psalms 19:1-6 . The Revelation of God in Nature. A fragment of a longer poem. Day and night are pictured as living beings who hand on the tradition of God's creative act from age to age (s...
Psalms 19:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. More to be desired are they than gold. The Psalmist now exalts the law of God both on account of its price and sweetness. This commendation depends on the commendations given in the prec...
Psalms 19:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 521 THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE SCRIPTURES Psalms 19:10-11 . More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and the honeycomb. Moreover, by t...
Psalms 19:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. More to be desired are they than gold - This is strictly true; but who believes it? By mo...
Psalms 19:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb— There is no great difference made among us between the delicacy of honey in the comb, and after its separation from it. We may therefore be at a loss t...
Psalms 19:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. More to be desired ... fine gold. The law understood in its spiritual, reviving, an...
Psalms 19:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions. Psalms 19:1-6 describe the glory of God ( El ) as seen in the heavenly bodies, especially the sun, and are thus parallel to Psalms 8 ; Psalms 19:7-1...
Psalms 19:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Honeycomb. — (See margin.) The honey that drops from the comb is the finest and purest.
Psalms 19:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 19:1-14 Is this originally one psalm or bits of two, pieced together to suggest a comparison between the two sources of knowledge of God, which the authors did not dream of? The affirmative...
Psalms 19:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Works and the Word of God Psalms 19:1-14 This is the “Psalm of the Two Books”-Nature and Scripture. If Psalms 8:1-9 were written at night, Psalms 19:1-14 was surely written by day. In...
Psalms 19:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The burden of this psalm is the twofold revelation of Jehovah. He is revealed in Nature and in law. Yet in Nature Jehovah is revealed as God and not by those especial qualities suggested by the great...
Psalms 19:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here the sacred writer makes a beautiful transition from the works of nature to contemplate the works of grace. Having celebrated the praises of Jehovah in his outward courts, he now enters the inner...
Psalms 19:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 19 Proper Psalm for Christmas Day ( Morning ). Psalms 19-21 = Day 4 ( Morning ).
Psalms 19:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

More to be desired [are they] than gold ,.... This refers to all the truths in the word of God; to all the doctrines of the Gospel; which, by good men, are more desirable, and by them more prized an...
Psalms 19:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Ver. 10. More to be desired are they than gold ] Old people are all for profit, young...
Psalms 19:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

More to be desired are they than gold Than the wealth of this world, although so generally preferred before them; yea, than much fine gold Than gold of the best quality, and in the greatest quant...
Psalms 19:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Excellency of the Scriptures. 7 The law of the L ORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the L ORD...
Psalms 19:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Than much fine gold; than gold of the best quality, and in the greatest quantity. Sweeter also than honey; which was most sweet in those Eastern countries. The honeycomb; than that honey which...
Psalms 19:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God Speaks Through His Word And Covenant ( Psalms 19:7-11 ). Psalms 19:7 ‘ The instruction (law) of YHWH is perfect, restoring the soul, The testimony of YHWH is sure, making wise the simple....
Psalms 19:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This psalm instructs its readers in the glory and goodness of God; first, by directing their contemplation to the structure of the heavens, to the course of the sun, and to the kindly...
Psalms 19:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 19:10-11 I. The value of the law, as compared with gold, may be measured by the good it does; its honey sweetness by its manner of doing it. II. The twofold commendation of the law in ver....
Psalms 19:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This Psalm has the same subject as Psalms 119:1 . Both of them are full of praise of God's Word. God has written two books for us to read,-the volume of the Creation and the volume of the Sacred Scr...
Psalms 19:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 19:4 . Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. The LXX, φθογγος, phthoggos. Vulgate, sonus, their sound; the music of their voice. The...
Psalms 19:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

More to be desired are they than gold. The Holy Scriptures I. The excellence of the holy scriptures. None are ignorant of the value of money. Money gives access to every other possession. Point...
Psalms 19:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE nineteenth psalm is one of meditative praise. The psalmist, looking abroad over the whole world, finds two main subjects for his eulogy—first, the glorious fabric of the materia...
Psalms 19:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prophecy of the Gospel. Luther says of this psalm that it is a prophecy of the Gospel as it was intended to go forth into all the world, as wide as the heavens extend, and to be proclaimed and t...
Psalms 19:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:26-29 ; Job 23:12 ; Job 28:15-17 ; Proverbs 16:16 ; Proverbs 24:13 ; Proverbs 3:13-15 ; Proverbs 8:10 ; Proverbs 8:11 ; Proverbs 8:19 ; Psalms 119:103 ; Psalms 63:5 ; Psalms 1...

Psalms 19:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 19:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 19:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 19:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 19:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 19:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 19:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 19:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 19:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 19:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 19:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 19:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 19:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 19:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 19:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 19:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 19:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge