Psalms 119:144
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.”
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“Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live. ק QOPH.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The righteousness of Thy testimonies <FI>is<Fi> to Cause me to understand, and I live!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 119:144 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 19:9The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
- Psalms 119:17Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
- Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
- Psalms 119:66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:73Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:138The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
- Psalms 119:151You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
- Psalms 119:152Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
- Psalms 119:169May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
- Proverbs 4:4he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
- Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
- Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
- John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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