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20 Bible Verses About Meditation

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  • Joshua 1:8 and Psalm 1:2 both use the Hebrew verb hagah, whose meanings in Strong’s include moan, utter and muse, and both set meditation on God’s law “day and night.”
  • Psalm 119 links meditation on the law with love for it (verse 97) and with insight beyond the psalmist’s teachers (verse 99).
  • In Psalm 77:12 and Psalm 143:5 the psalmists are in distress and turn to meditating on what God has done in the past.
  • Psalm 19:14 and Psalm 48:9 are addressed to God; Psalm 19:14 asks that the meditation of the heart be pleasing in his sight.
  • Where the NIV has “Be diligent in these matters” in 1 Timothy 4:15, the King James Version has “Meditate upon these things”, translating the Greek meletao.

In the Bible, people meditate on something in particular: God’s law, what he has done, and his love. The command comes to Joshua (Joshua 1:8), and the psalms show it practised by day and on a bed at night (Psalm 1:2; Psalm 63:6). In the New Testament the words change to pondering (Luke 2:19), reflecting (2 Timothy 2:7) and setting the mind (Colossians 3:2). Joshua 1:8 and Psalm 1:2 use the Hebrew verb hagah, which Strong’s defines as “to moan,…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Hebrew 1897, הָגָה (hagah): to moan, growl, utter, speak, muse; used in Joshua 1:8 and Psalm 1:2. biblehub.com/hebrew/1897

Strong’s Hebrew 7878, שִׂיחַ (siach): meditate, speak, complain; the King James Version also renders it commune, pray and talk. biblehub.com/hebrew/7878

Strong’s Greek 3191, μελετάω (meletao): to care for, attend to, be diligent, ponder; used in 1 Timothy 4:15. biblehub.com/greek/3191

1 Timothy 4:15 in the King James Version, “Meditate upon these things.” biblegateway.com

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