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Psalms 119:104–105

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Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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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.

From verse 105

  1. Proverbs 6:23Rank 1 from verse 105
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    23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  2. Psalms 43:3Rank 2 from verse 105
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    3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

  3. Psalms 18:28Rank 3 from verse 105
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    28For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

  4. 2 Peter 1:19Rank 4 from verse 105
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    19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

  5. Job 29:3Rank 5 from verse 105
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    3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

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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.

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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.

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false

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

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Psalms 119:105

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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lamp

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Sense 1: An oil vessel and burning wick used for light. Sense 2: By figure, a source, bearer, continuance, or sign of light.

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

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light

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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

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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!

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

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119:105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

119:107I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.

119:108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.

119:109My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

119:111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

119:112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

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