Psalms 119:125

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Psalms 119:123–127 · Berean Standard Bible

123 My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

124 Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.

125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

126 It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.

127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

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Psalms 119:94

I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.

Psalms 86:16

Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.

Psalms 116:16

Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

Psalms 119:34

Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.

Psalms 119:66

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

2 Chronicles 1:7

That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

2 Chronicles 1:8

Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.

2 Chronicles 1:9

Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Chronicles 1:10

Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

2 Corinthians 3:6

And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Timothy 2:7

Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

James 3:14

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

James 3:15

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

Psalms 119:11

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Psalms 119:18

Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

Psalms 119:19

I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.

Psalms 119:29

Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.

Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.