PSS 25:10 All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies. (NASB)
Reading this verse, you can easily pass it and have no use of it.
However, you can read it in a way that you understand each and every part and are aware of the real meaning of the concepts:
What does lovingkindness mean?
And what about truth?
How is it manifested in your life?
What does it have to do with the Lord’s way?
What is the Lord’s covenant with us and what is it about?
How can you keep this covenant?
How can you even keep his testimonies?
And what about truth?
How is it manifested in your life?
What does it have to do with the Lord’s way?
What is the Lord’s covenant with us and what is it about?
How can you keep this covenant?
How can you even keep his testimonies?
These are just some of the questions that could pop up in your mind instantly. I would like to provide you with some ideas regarding Bible study using Bible-Discovery on Android so that you can understand this verse even more. Many of you do not need such help but even those individuals might find new information in the followings:
If you find an interesting verse, it is always useful to check it in other translations as well. You can long click on the text and choose „Comparison of Bible texts”.
Now you can see an interesting difference: lovingkindness is often translated as mercy, grace, steadfast love, gracious love and kingness.
PSS 25:10 All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies. (NASB)
It’s essential to read the context too so that you can avoid drawing wrong conclusions, moreover, it can clarify the meaning of the verse.
Afterwards, you can click on ’lovingkindness’ and open the bubble help. It is worth to check the word in some Hebrew dictionaries such as the BDB or Strong. These clarify the exact meaning of the original Hebrew word.
The dictionaries show that lovingkindness originally means goodness, kindness and faithfulness too.
Truth means a bunch of great things such as firmness, faithfulness, truth, sureness, reliability, stability and continuance.
What does it mean that the Lord is so faithful that you can live in stability?
How does it manifest itself in your everyday life? Can you recall any examples?
’I don’t know’ is the worst answer as it hinders you from thinking.
How does it manifest itself in your everyday life? Can you recall any examples?
’I don’t know’ is the worst answer as it hinders you from thinking.
Through a long click on the word ’lovingkindness’ enables you to look up the occurrences of the original Hebrew word by its Strong number (H2617 or H2617a).
By reading some of the hits, we can find several occurrences of truth.
A few dictionaries can be used for defining the Hebrew word correctly:
- HebrewGreek: When the word was translated from Hebrew to Greek (LXX), the shown Greek words were used for that particular Hebrew word.
- Strong, BDB: interesting English dictionaries.
Back to the verse:
PSS 25:10 All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies. (NASB)
What is the Lord’s path exactly? You can look up the word ’path’ in the dictionaries by clicking on it.
So what does the Lord’s path mean? Is it how we walk on the path that the Lord has prepared for us? Or is it the path that is for the Lord and belongs to Him?
So what does the Lord’s path mean? Is it how we walk on the path that the Lord has prepared for us? Or is it the path that is for the Lord and belongs to Him?
A long click on the text makes a local menu pop up that offers the option to look up and search for the number of the verse. This helps you to find the verse in any dictionary or eBook that mentions it.
If you click on the >> sign, you can examine the cross references too.
Back to the verse again:
PSS 25:10 All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies. (NASB)
Lovingness and truth are bound to a condition.
What does the Lord’s covenant with you contain?
When did you enter this covenant?
What duties and rights did you accept through this?
When did you enter this covenant?
What duties and rights did you accept through this?
You can also look up the word ’covenant’ or the original Hebrew word (aka the Strong number). If you attended a Bible course, you can also think about the things that you learnt there about this topic.
What does testimony mean?
You can learn from the dictionaries that these are things that God has done in your life (or in others’ life) , which prove that God is alive and He exists, such as healing, deliverance, financial blessing, family blessing or something great related to your relationships, etc.
How can you keep these testimonies?
Shall you tell it to other people?
Shall you speak about it at home too?
Shall you thank God for it before mentioning your requests to Him?
Shall you tell it to other people?
Shall you speak about it at home too?
Shall you thank God for it before mentioning your requests to Him?
By thinking about these questions, you received the blessings of this amazing verse.
Do not forget the promise that God made about thinking about His Word::
Josh 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. (NASB)
This promise becomes reality in your life even if you couldn’t answer the questions.
I intended to encourage the readers to think about God’s Word regularly because it surely results in blessings.
Good luck to meditating on God’s Word!
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