Psalms 119:118
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
BSB
ASV
Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.
KJV
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes - Compare the notes at Psa 119:21. Rather, “Thou hast made light of,” or “thou despisest.” The Hebrew word means properly to suspend in a balance; to weigh. Then it means to lift up lightly or easily; and then, to make light of; to contemn; to regard anything as “light.” The Septuagint and Latin Vulgate render it, “Thou dost despise.” That is, God regards them as of no account; as a light substance of no value; as chaff which the wind carries away. Compare Job 21:18; Psa 1:4; Psa 35:5; Isa 17:13. For their deceit is falsehood - This seems to be a truism - for deceit must imply falsehood. In the original this is an emphatic way of declaring the whole thing to be false, as the Hebrew language often expresses emphasis by mere repetition - thus “pits, pits,” meaning many pits. The psalmist first characterizes their conduct as deceitful - as that which cannot be relied on - as that which must fail in the end; he then speaks of this system on which they acted as altogether a “lie” - as that which is utterly “false;” thus giving, as it were, a double emphasis to the statement, and showing how utterly delusive and vain it must be.
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Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
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We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
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Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
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The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
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Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
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Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
