KJV King James Version
The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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Psalm 119:144
The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
WEB World English Bible
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF
ASV American Standard Version
Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
141 I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.
144 The 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.
146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
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1 Peter 1:23-25Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.Daniel 12:10Many 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.2 Corinthians 4:6For 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.Jeremiah 4:22For 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.Psalm 119:169TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.1 John 5:20-21And 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.Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.Psalm 119:73JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.Isaiah 27:11When 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.Isaiah 6:9-10And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.Psalm 119:66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.Psalm 119:138Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful.Psalm 19:9The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.Matthew 13:19When 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.Psalm 119:152Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.Matthew 5:18For 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.Psalm 119:34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
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