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Psalms 119:163

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

KJV

I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love.

ASV

שֶׁ֣קֶר שָׂ֭נֵאתִי וַ/אֲתַעֵ֑בָה תּוֹרָתְ/ךָ֥ אָהָֽבְתִּי

Hebrew

Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate it , Thy law I have loved.

YLT

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
י
y
verb · 148×
י
y
noun · 221×
נִי
ny
verb · 22×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 5:15 — Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
  • Prov 6:16 — These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
  • Prov 13:5 — A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
  • Ps 97:10 — Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 119:29 — Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
  • Ps 119:29 — Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
  • Ps 119:128 — Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
  • Rom 7:15 — For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
  • Rom 12:9 — Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
  • Rom 12:9 — Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.