Psalms 119:34

World English Bible (2000)

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

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  • Matt 7:24 : 24 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But 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 smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
  • Ps 119:73 : 73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
  • Prov 2:5-6 : 5 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.
  • Ps 119:58 : 58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
  • Jas 2:8-9 : 8 However, 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, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. 11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
  • Jas 3:13-18 : 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against 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 desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
  • Deut 4:6 : 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who 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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    32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY

    33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.

  • Ps 119:35-36
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    35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.

    36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

  • Ps 119:4-12
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    4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.

    5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!

    6 Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.

    7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.

    8 I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me. BET

    9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

    10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.

    11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

    12 Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

  • Ps 119:26-27
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    26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.

    27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.

  • Ps 119:124-125
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    124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. 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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    143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

    144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF

    145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

  • Ps 119:66
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    66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

  • Ps 119:15-18
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    15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.

    16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL

    17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

    18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

  • Ps 119:168-169
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    168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV

    169 Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.

  • Ps 119:73
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    73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

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

    100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

    101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

  • Ps 119:69
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    69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

  • Ps 119:159
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    159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

  • Ps 119:58
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    58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

  • Ps 119:112
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    112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH

  • Ps 119:44-45
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    44 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.

    45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

  • Ps 119:77
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    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 is my way, that I keep your precepts. CHET

  • Ps 119:40
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    40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW

  • Ps 119:2
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    2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

  • Ps 119:29
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    29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!

  • Ps 119:47
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    47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.

  • Ps 119:97
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    97 How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

  • Ps 119:130
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    130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

  • Ps 119:174
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    174 I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:108
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    108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.

  • Ps 119:117
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    117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

  • Ps 119:149
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    149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.

  • Ps 119:80
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    80 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAF