Syntax error in SQL query

I get many of error saving a views:
# user warning: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE type = 'xxxxxxxxxxxx' AND id = 'views' AND name = '34'' at line 1 query: SELECT * WHERE type = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' AND id = 'views' AND name = '34' in xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\sites\all\modules\nodewords\nodewords.module on line 1023.

Line 1023:
$result = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT * WHERE type = '%s' AND id = '%s' AND name = '%s'", $content, $type, $id, $name));

$result = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT * FROM {nodewords} WHERE type = '%s' AND id = '%s' AND name = '%s'", $type, $id, $name));