Psalms 119:144

American Standard Version (1901)

Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.

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  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.
  • Ps 119:169 : 169 TAV. Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
  • Ps 19:9 : 9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, [and] righteous altogether.
  • Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
  • Ps 119:66 : 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:73 : 73 YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:138 : 138 Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.
  • Ps 119:152 : 152 Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
  • Matt 5:18 : 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.
  • Matt 13:19 : 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, [then] cometh the evil [one], and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Pet 1:23-25 : 23 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth. 24 For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth: 25 But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.
  • 1 John 5:20-21 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 21 [ My] little children, guard yourselves from idols.

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  • Ps 119:142-143
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    142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.

    143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.

  • Ps 119:33-35
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    33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.

    34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

    35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.

  • Ps 119:125
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    125I am thy servant; Give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

  • Ps 119:40
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    40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.

  • Ps 119:76-77
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    76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.

    77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:159-160
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    159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

    160The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.

  • Ps 119:111-112
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    111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

    112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.

  • Ps 119:88
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    88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.

  • Ps 119:137-138
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    137TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

    138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.

  • Ps 119:129-130
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    129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.

    130The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.

  • Ps 119:152
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    152Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.

  • Ps 119:43-45
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    43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.

    44So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.

    45And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.

  • Ps 119:66
    75%

    66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.

  • Ps 119:149
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    149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.

  • Ps 119:145-146
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    145QOPH. I have called with my whole heart; Answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.

    146I have called unto thee; Save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.

  • Ps 119:174-175
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    174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.

    175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.

  • Ps 119:27
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    27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.

  • Ps 119:167-169
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    167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.

    168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.

    169TAV. Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.

  • Ps 119:116-117
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    116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

    117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

  • Ps 119:172
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    172Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.

  • Ps 119:93
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    93I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.

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    156Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

  • Ps 119:99-100
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    99I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.

    100I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

  • Ps 119:7-8
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    7I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.

    8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.

  • Ps 119:17
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    17GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.

  • Ps 93:5
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    5Thy testimonies are very sure: Holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for evermore.

  • Ps 119:95
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    95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies.

  • Ps 119:14
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    14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.

  • Ps 119:12
    72%

    12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.

  • Ps 119:73
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    73YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

  • Ps 119:24
    71%

    24Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors.

  • Ps 119:107
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    107I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

  • Ps 143:11
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    11Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.