Psalms 119:34

KJV1611 – Modern English

Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

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  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
  • Ps 119:73 : 73 JOD. Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
  • Prov 2:5-6 : 5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And to 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 those who do his commandments; his praise endures forever.
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments.
  • Ps 119:58 : 58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful to me according to Your word.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
  • Jas 2:8-9 : 8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well. 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
  • Jas 3:13-18 : 13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If anyone will do his will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak on my own authority.
  • Deut 4:6 : 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 119:32-33
    2 verses
    85%

    32 I will run the course of Your commandments, for You shall enlarge my heart.

    33 HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end.

  • Ps 119:35-36
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    82%

    35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it.

    36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness.

  • Ps 119:4-12
    9 verses
    81%

    4 You have commanded us to keep Your precepts diligently.

    5 Oh that my ways were directed to keep Your statutes!

    6 Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have respect to all Your commandments.

    7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart, when I have learned Your righteous judgments.

    8 I will keep Your statutes; oh, do not utterly forsake me.

    9 BETH. How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.

    10 With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments.

    11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

    12 Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.

  • Ps 119:26-27
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    81%

    26 I have declared my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

    27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, so shall I meditate on Your wondrous works.

  • Ps 119:124-125
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    81%

    124 Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy, and teach me Your statutes.

    125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

  • Ps 119:143-145
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    80%

    143 Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your commandments are my delights.

    144 The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live.

    145 KOPH. I cry out with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD; I will keep Your statutes.

  • Ps 119:66
    79%

    66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe Your commandments.

  • Ps 119:15-18
    4 verses
    79%

    15 I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways.

    16 I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

    17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

    18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

  • Ps 119:168-169
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    78%

    168 I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.

    169 TAU. Let my cry come near before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.

  • Ps 119:73
    78%

    73 JOD. Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

  • Ps 119:99-101
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    77%

    99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

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

    101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your word.

  • Ps 119:69
    77%

    69 The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.

  • Ps 119:159
    77%

    159 Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness.

  • Ps 119:58
    77%

    58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful to me according to Your word.

  • Ps 119:112
    77%

    112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, forever, to the very end.

  • Ps 119:44-45
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    44 So shall I keep Your law continually, forever and ever.

    45 And I will walk at liberty, for I seek Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:77
    76%

    77 Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:56
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    56 This has come to be because I kept Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:40
    76%

    40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your righteousness.

  • Ps 119:2
    76%

    2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, and who seek Him with their whole heart.

  • Ps 119:29
    76%

    29 Remove from me the way of lying, and grant me Your law graciously.

  • Ps 119:47
    75%

    47 And I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love.

  • Ps 119:97
    74%

    97 MEM. Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

  • Ps 119:130
    74%

    130 The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

  • Ps 119:174
    74%

    174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:108
    74%

    108 Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.

  • Ps 119:117
    74%

    117 Hold me up, and I shall be safe, and I shall observe Your statutes continually.

  • Ps 119:149
    74%

    149 Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness; O LORD, revive me according to Your justice.

  • Ps 119:80
    74%

    80 Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, that I may not be ashamed.