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Psalms 119:142

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Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
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  1. Psalms 19:9Rank 1 from verse 142
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    9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

  2. John 17:17Rank 2 from verse 142
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    17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

  3. Psalms 119:151Rank 3 from verse 142
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    151Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth.

  4. Isaiah 51:8Rank 4 from verse 142
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    8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

  5. Isaiah 51:6Rank 5 from verse 142
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    6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

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Psalms 119:142

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everlasting

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1. Continuing without end. 2. Extending backward without beginning. 3. Enduring or permanent throughout the duration in view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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141I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

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143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

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