Biblia Todo Logo
Cross References

- Advertisements -




Psalm 119:144

New International Reader's Version

Your covenant laws are always right. Help me to understand them. Then I will live.

See the chapter Copy

23 Cross References  

The laws you have made are fair. They can be completely trusted.

But Lord, you are near. All your commands are true.

Long ago I learned from your covenant laws that you made them to last forever.

Lord, may you hear my cry. Give me understanding, just as you said you would.

Be good to me while I am alive. Do this so that I may obey your word.

Help me understand your law so that I may follow it. I will obey it with all my heart.

Increase my knowledge and give me good sense, because I trust your commands.

You made me and formed me with your own hands. Give me understanding so that I can learn your commands.

The law that brings respect for the Lord is pure. It lasts forever. The commands the Lord gives are true. All of them are completely right.

The words of those who do right benefit many people. But those who are foolish die because they have no sense.

Then my father taught me. He said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart. Keep my commands, and you will live.

Obey my commands and you will live. Guard my teachings as you would guard your own eyes.

When their twigs are dry, they will be broken off. Then women will come and make fires with them. The people of Jacob don’t understand the Lord. So the God who made them won’t be concerned about them. Their Creator won’t be kind to them.

The Lord says, “My people are foolish. They do not know me. They are children who do not have any sense. They have no understanding at all. They are skilled in doing what is evil. They do not know how to do what is good.”

Many people will be made pure in the fire. They will be made spotless. But sinful people will continue to be evil. Not one sinful person will understand. But those who are wise will.

My people are destroyed because they do not know me. “You priests have refused to obey me. So I will refuse to accept you as my priests. You have not paid any attention to my law. So I will not let your children be my priests.

People hear the message about the kingdom but do not understand it. Then the evil one comes. He steals what was planted in their hearts. Those people are like the seed planted on a path.

What I’m about to tell you is true. Heaven and earth will disappear before the smallest letter disappears from the Law. Not even the smallest mark of a pen will disappear from the Law until everything is completed.

And what is eternal life? It is knowing you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

God said, “Let light shine out of darkness.” (Genesis 1:3) He made his light shine in our hearts. His light gives us the light to know God’s glory. His glory is shown in the face of Christ.




Follow us:

Advertisements


Advertisements