Psalms 119:113

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

SAMEKH. I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 94:11 : 11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
Ps 119:97 : 97 MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
Isa 55:7 : 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
Mark 7:21 : 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
2 Cor 10:5 : 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
Jas 1:8 : 8 a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:161-165
5 verses
83%
161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
162I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
163I hate and abhor falsehood; [But] thy law do I love.
164Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.
165Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.
Ps 119:126-129
4 verses
77%
126It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.
127Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
128Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:104
76%
104Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.
Ps 119:97
75%
97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:10-11
2 verses
74%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
Ps 119:118-119
2 verses
74%
118Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.
119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
Ps 119:112
74%
112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
Ps 31:6
74%
6I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.
Ps 119:114
73%
114Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Ps 139:21-23
3 verses
73%
21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
Ps 119:47
72%
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Ps 119:15-16
2 verses
72%
15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:69-70
2 verses
72%
69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
70Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.
Ps 119:53
72%
53Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Ps 119:34
72%
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:77-78
2 verses
72%
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
78Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Ps 119:95
71%
95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies.
Ps 119:158-159
2 verses
71%
158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:167
71%
167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
Ps 119:140-141
2 verses
71%
140Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
141I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.
Ps 119:29
71%
29Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.
Ps 119:22
71%
22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
Prov 8:13
71%
13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Ps 101:3
70%
3I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.
Ps 119:43
70%
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
Ps 119:101
70%
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
Ps 119:174
70%
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:143
70%
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
Ps 119:66
70%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
Ps 26:5
70%
5I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.
Ps 119:61
69%
61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.
Ps 119:110
69%
110The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
Zech 8:17
69%
17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.
Ps 119:8
69%
8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.