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104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore I hate every false way.(A)

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

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128 Truly I direct my steps by all your precepts;[a]
    I hate every false way.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 119.128 Gk Jerome: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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

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13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
    and perverted speech I hate.(A)

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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 way that seems right to a person,
    but its end is the way to death.[a](A)

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  1. 14.12 Heb ways of death

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 commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
    for it is always with me.

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

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Marks of the True Christian

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast 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 “Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.13 Other ancient authorities read for the road is wide and easy

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 understand more than the aged,
    for I keep your precepts.(A)

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

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I will not set before my eyes
    anything that is base.

I hate the work of those who fall away;
    it shall not cling to me.(A)

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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 guards the lives of his faithful;
    he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.(A)

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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 good,
    and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
    will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.(A)

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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 Put false ways far from me,
    and graciously teach me your law.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
    I set your ordinances before me.

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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 plot mischief while on their beds;
    they are set on a way that is not good;
    they do not reject evil.(A)

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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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