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Psalms 119:143–144

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Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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From verse 143

  1. Job 23:12Rank 1 from verse 143
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    12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  2. Psalms 119:107Rank 2 from verse 143
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    107I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.

  3. Mark 14:33–34Rank 3 from verse 143
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    33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

    34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

  4. Psalms 116:3Rank 4 from verse 143
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    3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  5. Psalms 119:16Rank 5 from verse 143
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    16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

From verse 144

  1. 1 Peter 1:23–25Rank 1 from verse 144
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    23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

    24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

    25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

  2. 2 Corinthians 4:6Rank 2 from verse 144
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    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.

  3. Daniel 12:10Rank 3 from verse 144
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    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.

  4. Jeremiah 4:22Rank 4 from verse 144
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    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.

  5. Psalms 119:169Rank 5 from verse 144
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    169Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.

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Psalms 119:143

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Trouble

Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty; also, to disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 · KJV usage

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taken

Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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hold

To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.

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commandments

Authoritative commands, laws, or precepts; especially commands given by God, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890

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delights

Great pleasures, joys, or things that give pleasure; as a verb, gives great pleasure.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 · KJV usage

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Psalms 119:144

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righteousness

The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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everlasting

Enduring forever or without end; eternal in the person, life, judgment, kingdom, mercy, righteousness, or other reality spoken of.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage

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give

To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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live

Having life; having respiration and other organic functions in operation, or in a capacity to operate; not dead; Having vegetable life; to continue in constantly or habitually.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828

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

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

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144The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

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145I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.

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