Psalms 119:34

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.

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  • Matt 7:24 : 24 ‹Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:›
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
  • Ps 119:73 : 73 ¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
  • Prov 2:5-6 : 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 ‹Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach› [them], ‹the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.›
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 ¶ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:58 : 58 ¶ I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
  • Jas 2:8-9 : 8 ¶ If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
  • Jas 3:13-18 : 13 ¶ Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 ¶ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
  • John 7:17 : 17 ‹If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or› [whether] ‹I speak of myself.›
  • Deut 4:6 : 6 Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.

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  • Ps 119:32-33
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    32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

    33¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end.

  • Ps 119:35-36
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    35¶ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

    36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

  • Ps 119:4-12
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    4¶ Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.

    5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

    6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

    7¶ I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

    8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

    9¶ BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.

    10¶ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

    11¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

    12¶ Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

  • Ps 119:26-27
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    26¶ I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

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

  • Ps 119:124-125
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    124¶ Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

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

  • Ps 119:143-145
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    143¶ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.

    144The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

    145¶ KOPH. I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

  • Ps 119:66
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    66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

  • Ps 119:15-18
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    15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

    16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

    17¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word.

    18¶ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

  • Ps 119:168-169
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    168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are] before thee.

    169¶ TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

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

  • Ps 119:99-101
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    99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.

    100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

    101¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

  • Ps 119:69
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    69¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.

  • Ps 119:159
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    159¶ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

  • Ps 119:58
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    58¶ I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

  • Ps 119:112
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    112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.

  • Ps 119:44-45
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    44So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

    45¶ And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

  • Ps 119:77
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    77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.

  • Ps 119:56
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    56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

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

  • Ps 119:2
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    2Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.

  • Ps 119:29
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    29Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

  • Ps 119:47
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    47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

  • Ps 119:97
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    97¶ MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.

  • Ps 119:130
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    130¶ The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

  • Ps 119:174
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    174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight.

  • Ps 119:108
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    108¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

  • Ps 119:117
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    117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

  • Ps 119:149
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    149¶ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

  • Ps 119:80
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    80¶ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.