Psalm 119:113
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object...
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
Key Terms in This Verse
מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Study H4284 →שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Study H7723 →Cross References
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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