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 1:23–25Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
• Ps 119:169Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
• Jer 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.
• Dan 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 Cor 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.
• Ps 119:73Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
• 1 Jn 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.
• Prov 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
• Isa 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.
• Ps 119:138Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
• Ps 119:152Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
• Isa 6:9–10And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
• Ps 119:66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
• Ps 19:9The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
• Matt 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.
• Matt 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.
• Hos 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
• Ps 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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