Psalm 119:104 “I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false…”

Psalm 119:104

I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

World English Bible

Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN

American Standard Version

Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way. נ NUN.

Geneva Bible 1599

By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.

Darby Translation

From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.

Young's Literal Translation

From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!

Bible in Basic English

Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way. NUN

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Cross references

“Through”

Psalm 119:98 Psalm 119:100

Psalm 119:98 · BSB

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

Psalm 119:100 · BSB

I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

“therefore”

Psalm 119:128 Proverbs 8:13 Psalm 97:10 Psalm 101:3 Romans 12:9 Amos 5:15

Psalm 119:128 · BSB

Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.

Proverbs 8:13 · BSB

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

Psalm 97:10 · BSB

Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Psalm 101:3 · BSB

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Romans 12:9 · BSB

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

Amos 5:15 · BSB

Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

“false way”

Proverbs 14:12 Matthew 7:13 Psalm 119:29 Psalm 119:30

Proverbs 14:12 · BSB

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

Matthew 7:13 · BSB

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Psalm 119:29 · BSB

Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.

Psalm 119:30 · BSB

I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

103How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!

105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

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