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Psa 119:142 — Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Thy righteousness		Men, as Bp. Horne observes, may decree wickedness by a law; or they may change their decrees, and with them what is right to-day may be wrong to-morrow; but the law of God is righteousness, and it is truth, to-day and for ever.
an everlasting		Psa 119:144; Psa 36:6; Isa 51:6,8; Dan 9:24; 2Th 1:6-10
and thy		Psa 119:151; Psa 19:9; Jhn 17:17; Eph 4:21

Correlating Passages

an everlasting

	Psa 119:144	The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
	Psa 36:6	Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
	Isa 51:6	Lift 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.
	Isa 51:8	For 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.
	Dan 9:24	Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
	2Th 1:6	Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
	2Th 1:7	And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
	2Th 1:8	In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
	2Th 1:9	Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
	2Th 1:10	When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

and thy

	Psa 119:151	Thou [art] near, O LORD; and all thy commandments [are] truth.
	Psa 19:9	The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.
	Jhn 17:17	Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
	Eph 4:21	If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 119:142," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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