'Meditate' in the Bible
Isaac went out to bow down [in prayer] in the field in the [early] evening; he raised his eyes and looked, and camels were coming.
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read [and meditate on] it day and night, so that you may be careful to do [everything] in accordance with all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will be successful.
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;Speak of all His wonders.
Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek:That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life,To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the LordAnd to meditate in His temple.
Those who seek my life lay snares for me,And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;They devise treachery all the day long.
When I remember You on my bed,I meditate and thoughtfully focus on You in the night watches,
I will remember my song in the night;I will meditate with my heart,And my spirit searches:
I will meditate on all Your worksAnd thoughtfully consider all Your [great and wondrous] deeds.
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;Speak of all His wonderful acts and devoutly praise them.
I will meditate on Your preceptsAnd [thoughtfully] regard Your ways [the path of life established by Your precepts].
Make me understand the way of Your precepts,So that I will meditate (focus my thoughts) on Your wonderful works.
And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,Which I love;And I will meditate on Your statutes.
Let the arrogant be ashamed and humiliated, for they sabotage me with a lie;But I will meditate on Your precepts.
My eyes anticipate the night watches and I awake before the call of the watchman,That I may meditate on Your word.
I remember the days of old;I meditate on all that You have done;I ponder the work of Your hands.
On the glorious splendor of Your majestyAnd on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.
Your mind will meditate on the terror [asking]:“Where is he who counts?Where is he who weighs [the tribute]?Where is he who counts the towers?”
When they take you and turn you over [to the court], do not worry beforehand about what to say, but say whatever is given to you [by God] in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit [who will speak through you].
So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;
Practice and work hard on these things; be absorbed in them [completely occupied in your ministry], so that your progress will be evident to all.
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- Contemplate (7 instances)
- Meditate (38 instances)
- Muse (5 instances)
- Ponder (15 instances)
- Reflect (21 instances)
- Ruminate (2 instances)
- Study (12 instances)
- Think (364 instances)
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