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Psalms 119:104
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks to God, moving from the sensory delight of divine instruction to its moral outcome (Psalms 119:103-105).
The words — The Hebrew terms פִּקּוּדֶיךָ (piqqudekha, "your precepts") and שָׂנֵאתִי (sānēʾtî, "I hate") anchor the verse's cause-and-effect structure.
The thread — This linkage between divine instruction and rejecting falsehood appears in Psalms 119:128 and Proverbs 8:13, while Proverbs 14:12 warns about self-deception and its fatal end.
Why it lands — The text demands that engagement with Scripture produce active moral rejection of deception rather than passive agreement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Cross-references
- Psalms 119:128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
- Proverbs 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- Psalms 97:10 Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 119:98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
- Psalms 101:3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
- Psalms 119:100 I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
- Romans 12:9 Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- Amos 5:15 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.”
- Matthew 7:13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.