Psalms 119:144

¹⁴² Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

¹⁴³ Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

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

¹⁴⁵ I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
KJV: The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
WEB: Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
ASV: Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live. QOPH.
DARBY: The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
BLB: The righteousness of Your testimonies [is] forever; give me understanding, that I may live!

ÅB: Dine vitnesbyrd er rettferdige til evig tid; lær meg, for at jeg kan leve!
OTB: Dine vitnesbyrd er rettferdige for alltid;
Gi meg forstand så jeg kan leve.
B1930: Dine vidnesbyrd er rettferdige til evig tid; lær mig, forat jeg kan leve!

1 Peter 1:23–25
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
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Daniel 12:10
Many 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.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
For 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.
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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.”
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Psalms 119:169
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
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Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
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Psalms 119:73
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
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1 John 5:20–21
And 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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