KJV King James Version
Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.
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Psalm 119:128
Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY
ASV American Standard Version
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; And I hate every false way.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
125 I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
126 [It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void thy law.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.
129 PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
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Psalm 119:104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:Psalm 19:7-8The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.Psalm 119:6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.Proverbs 30:5Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation [is there so] great, that hath statutes and judgments [so] righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?Romans 7:16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that [it is] good.Job 33:27He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;Romans 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.Psalm 119:118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood.Romans 7:12Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
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