Psalms 119:163
I hate and detest lies, but I love your teachings.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
In Context
162Your word makes me so happy—I'm like someone who discovers immense treasure.
164I praise you seven times a day because your laws are good.
Cross References
Psalms 119:29Stop me fooling myself; kindly teach me your law.
Psalms 119:104I gain understanding from what you say, so I hate any way of life that's just a lie.
Psalms 119:128All of your rules are right in every way, and so I hate any way of life that's just a lie.
Proverbs 13:5Good people hate lies, but the wicked cause a stink and bring disgrace.
Amos 5:15Hate evil and love good—and make sure justice wins out in your courts. Maybe the Lord God of power will have mercy on those who are left of Jacob's people.
Ephesians 4:25So reject lies, and tell the truth to each other—for we belong to each other.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:163
162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. Here is, 1. The pleasure David took in the word of God. He rejoiced at it, rejoiced that God had made such a discovery of his mind, that Israel was blessed with that light when other nations sat in darkness, that he was himself let into the understanding of it and had had experience of the power of it. He took a pleasure in reading it, hearing it, and meditating on it, and every thing he met with in it was agreeable to him. He had just now said that his… Read the whole commentary →