Psalms 119:144

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: 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 come, [and] set them on fire: for it [is] a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
  • Ps 119:169 : 169 ¶ TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
  • 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 convert, and be healed.
  • Ps 19:9 : 9 The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [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 thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:73 : 73 ¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:138 : 138 Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful.
  • Ps 119:152 : 152 ¶ Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old 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 will also forget thy children.
  • Matt 5:18 : 18 ‹For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.›
  • Matt 13:19 : 19 ‹When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth› [it] ‹not, then cometh the wicked› [one], ‹and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.›
  • John 17:3 : 3 ‹And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.›
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath 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 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 ¶ For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is 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 may 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 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

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    125I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

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    40¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

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    111¶ Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.

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    152¶ Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

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    43¶ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

    44So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

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    66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

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    27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

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