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Psalms 119:103–104

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How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
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From verse 103

  1. Proverbs 8:11Rank 1 from verse 103
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    11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

  2. Psalms 19:10Rank 2 from verse 103
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    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  3. Proverbs 24:13–14Rank 3 from verse 103
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    13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  4. Psalms 63:5Rank 4 from verse 103
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    5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

  5. Job 23:12Rank 5 from verse 103
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    12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

From verse 104

  1. Psalms 119:128Rank 1 from verse 104
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    128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

  2. Proverbs 8:13Rank 2 from verse 104
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    13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  3. Proverbs 14:12Rank 3 from verse 104
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    12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

  4. Psalms 119:98Rank 4 from verse 104
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    98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

  5. Psalms 97:10Rank 5 from verse 104
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    10Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

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Psalms 119:103

COMBINED MEANING

sweet

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Sense 1: Pleasing to the taste or smell. Sense 2: Pleasant, agreeable, or delightful to the senses or mind.

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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taste

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Sense 1: To perceive flavor by the mouth, or to eat or drink. Sense 2: Figuratively, to experience or partake of. As a noun, the sensation, flavor, or discernment received by tasting.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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Psalms 119:104

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get

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To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of, by almost any means.

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understanding

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1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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false

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Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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119:97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

119:98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

119:99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

119:100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

119:101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

119:102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

119:103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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119:104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

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