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Psalm 119:12

Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.

10With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
11I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
14I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
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Notice

Praise comes before the request for teaching, so the speaker approaches God's statutes as someone who worships their giver and still needs to learn.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.The psalm makes a direct request to God, while Jesus urges his hearers to ask.
Psalm 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.Both prayers ask God to teach, with Psalm 143 naming obedience to his will as the aim.
Psalm 119:68You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.Both address God with praise and then make the same request: “Teach me your statutes.”
Psalm 119:124Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.Both ask God to teach his statutes; verse 124 also appeals to his loving kindness.
Psalm 119:7I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.Both link praise with learning God's instruction, whether described as his statutes or his righteous judgments.
1 John 2:27As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning …The psalm asks God for teaching; John describes teaching through the anointing his readers have received.
Luke 24:45Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.The psalm asks for God's instruction; Luke describes minds being opened to understand the Scriptures.
John 14:26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.The psalm asks God to teach; Jesus says the Holy Spirit will teach and recall his words.
1 Timothy 1:11according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.Both speak of God as blessed, though Timothy's passage concerns the Good News rather than a request for teaching.
1 Timothy 6:15which at the right time he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords.Both speak of God as blessed; Timothy's passage also names his supremacy as King of kings and Lord of lords.
Mark 14:61But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”Both use blessed in speaking about God, though Mark records the high priest's question about Jesus' identity.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. sermon or Bible study notes. wanting a steady prayer habit.

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Encouragement

Needing instruction has a place within worship. The same speaker who blesses YHWH asks to be taught; praise and dependence belong in the same prayer.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).