Psalms 119:104
By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
In Context
103Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
105NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
Cross References
Job 32:9Great men are not alway wise, neither doe the aged alway vnderstand iudgement.
Psalms 97:10Ye that loue the Lord, hate euill: he preserueth the soules of his Saints: hee will deliuer them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 119:29Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
Psalms 119:98By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
Psalms 119:128Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
Proverbs 8:13The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:104-105
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Here is, 1. The wonderful pleasure and delight which David took in the word of God; it was sweet to his taste, sweeter than honey. There is such a thing as a spiritual taste, an inward savour and relish of divine things, such an evidence of them to ourselves, by experience, as we cannot give to others. We have heard him ourselves, John iv. 42 . To this… Read the whole commentary →