Psalms 119:144

God's testimonies are eternally righteous, so the psalmist asks for understanding so that he may truly live. Life is found in grasping and obeying God's enduring Word.

Cross-references · 19

• 1 Pet 1:23–25For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
• Ps 119:169May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
• Jer 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.”
• Dan 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.
• 2 Cor 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.
• Ps 119:73Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
• 1 Jn 5:20–21And 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.
• Prov 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
• Isa 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.
• Ps 119:138The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
• Ps 119:152Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
• Isa 6:9–10And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
• Ps 119:66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
• Ps 19:9The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
• Matt 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.
• Matt 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.
• Hos 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.
• Ps 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
• John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

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