May 4, 2014
Daily Bible Nugget #247, Psalm 119:113
The Nugget:
Psa 119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.My Comment: The saints love the Scriptures exceedingly (The New Topical Textbook, topic “The Scriptures,” page 240). By “saints” is meant ordinary Bible-believing Christians. The Psalmist wrote that he hated vain thoughts. Better than those vain thoughts were what he found in the Bible to meditate upon. He loved the Bible. In the light of eternity, surely many things we might fill our daily thoughts with are not so significant and important as what God has placed in the Bible for us to enjoy, learn more about, think about, even pray about. Make the Bible a higher priority in your life. Get to know more about it. Get to know the Bible itself by reading it regularly. Beyond reading it, learn to study it. Search the Scriptures daily. Share what you are learning from the Bible with another person. I believe that the more we read and study the Bible, the more we learn about and from the Bible, the more interesting the Bible gets. We too can come to the point that the Psalmist reached where we hate vain thoughts, but love God's Word. For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject: (1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 632 for Psalm 119:113. (2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 676 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Psalm 119:113. (3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below: Psalm 119:113. hate. ver. +*Ps 119:104, 163. Ps 31:6. *Ps 94:11. +*Ps 101:3. Pr 24:9. *Is 55:7. *Je 4:14. Mk 7:21. Ro 7:15. *2 Cor 10:5. vain thoughts. Note: Or, "divided thoughts," "saiaphim," or, as Gesenius renders, "ambiguities (or indecisions) in religion;" Luther, "inconstant fellows;" LXX., "transgressors," Vulgate, "iniquitous," and Jerome, "tumultuous." Kay notes, men who waver in their allegiance to God. +*Ps 12:2. 1 K 18:21mg. 1 Ch 12:33. 29:18. Pr 24:9. Je 23:26, 28. Ho 10:2. Mt 15:19. Lk 11:23. **+Phil 4:6-8. +*James 1:8. 4:8. thy law. ver. *Ps 119:97, *Ps 119:103. Ro 7:22. do I love. ver. +Ps 119:140.
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ken sagely psm 119.113 I hate those who are double-minded, But i love Thy law. encouraging cross refs(the best commentary on the bible is the bible) 1. psm 94.11 The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are a mere breath. 2. isa 55.7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteousman his thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,declares the Lord. 3. jer 4.14 Wash your heart from evil, O jerusalem, that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you? 4. mk 7.21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts and fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, 5. 2 co 10.5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. 6. psm 119.97 O how I love Thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 7. psm 119.103 How sweet are Thy words to my taste! yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! aElizabet Good day very nice blog!! Man .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I'll bookmark your web site and take the feeds also…I'm sasfeiitd to search out so many helpful information here within the put up, we want work out more techniques in this regard, thanks for sharing.Jerry Thank you for responding. I hope you will return and read more of what is here.