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104 Your commandments give me understanding;
    no wonder I hate every false way of life.

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104 I gain understanding(A) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.(B)

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128 Each of your commandments is right.
    That is why I hate every false way.

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128 and because I consider all your precepts right,(A)
    I hate every wrong path.(B)

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13 All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
    Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
    corruption and perverse speech.

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13 To fear the Lord(A) is to hate evil;(B)
    I hate(C) pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.

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12 There is a path before each person that seems right,
    but it ends in death.

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12 There is a way that appears to be right,(A)
    but in the end it leads to death.(B)

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98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
    for they are my constant guide.

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98 Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser(A) than my enemies.

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Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.

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Love in Action

Love must be sincere.(A) Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.(B)

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The Narrow Gate

13 “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell[a] is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:13 Greek The road that leads to destruction.

The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate.(A) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

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100 I am even wiser than my elders,
    for I have kept your commandments.

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100 I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.(A)

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I will refuse to look at
    anything vile and vulgar.
I hate all who deal crookedly;
    I will have nothing to do with them.

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I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.(A)

I hate what faithless people do;(B)
    I will have no part in it.

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10 You who love the Lord, hate evil!
    He protects the lives of his godly people
    and rescues them from the power of the wicked.

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10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil,(A)
    for he guards(B) the lives of his faithful ones(C)
    and delivers(D) them from the hand of the wicked.(E)

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15 Hate evil and love what is good;
    turn your courts into true halls of justice.
Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies
    will have mercy on the remnant of his people.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:15 Hebrew the remnant of Joseph.

15 Hate evil,(A) love good;(B)
    maintain justice in the courts.(C)
Perhaps(D) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(E)
    on the remnant(F) of Joseph.

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29 Keep me from lying to myself;
    give me the privilege of knowing your instructions.
30 I have chosen to be faithful;
    I have determined to live by your regulations.

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29 Keep me from deceitful ways;(A)
    be gracious to me(B) and teach me your law.
30 I have chosen(C) the way of faithfulness;(D)
    I have set my heart(E) on your laws.

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They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots.
    Their actions are never good.
    They make no attempt to turn from evil.

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Even on their beds they plot evil;(A)
    they commit themselves to a sinful course(B)
    and do not reject what is wrong.(C)

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