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Psalm 119:104

Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN

102I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
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The word “therefore” links understanding to rejection: learning God's precepts changes the psalmist's judgment of false ways, giving discernment a moral weight.

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John 17:17Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.Jesus names God's word as truth; the psalm names God's precepts as the source of understanding that rejects false ways.
Proverbs 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.Both passages locate the source of understanding in what God says.
Psalm 119:128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEBoth verses connect regard for God's precepts with the same declaration: “I hate every false way.”
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.Both passages name hatred of a wrong way as part of a life shaped by God.
Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.Both speak of a way that deserves rejection, though Proverbs emphasizes its deadly end and the psalm emphasizes its falsehood.
Psalm 97:10You who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.Psalm 97 commands those who love the LORD to hate evil; Psalm 119 connects hatred of false ways with God's precepts.
Romans 12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.Both passages express strong rejection of wrong: hatred of false ways in the psalm and abhorrence of evil in Romans.
Psalm 119:98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.Both verses credit God's commands with giving the psalmist wisdom or understanding.
Romans 6:2May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?Both reject a life given to wrong, though Romans grounds that rejection in dying to sin and the psalm in understanding.
Psalm 119:101I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.Both connect God's instruction with rejecting wrong paths: one speaks of keeping feet away, the other of hating false ways.
Amos 5:15Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”Both name hatred of wrong, with Amos also commanding love of good and justice in the courts.
Matthew 7:13“Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.Both use the language of a way to describe a course that should be rejected.
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The hatred here is directed at false ways. God's precepts give understanding that shapes what you reject as well as what you believe.

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