Verse 9

He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

Referenced Verses

  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
  • Gal 5:23 : 23 Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
  • Ezek 11:19-20 : 19 And I will give them a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh: 20 So that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.
  • Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
  • Matt 5:5 : 5 Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
  • Ps 22:26 : 26 The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
  • Ps 23:3 : 3 He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the ways of righteousness because of his name.
  • Ps 27:11 : 11 Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.
  • Ps 32:8-9 : 8 I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide. 9 Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...
  • Ps 73:24 : 24 Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.
  • Ps 76:9 : 9 When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
  • Ps 119:35 : 35 Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.
  • Ps 143:10 : 10 Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness.
  • Ps 147:6 : 6 The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.
  • Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support. 6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
  • Ps 119:66 : 66 Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.
  • Prov 8:20 : 20 I go in the road of righteousness, in the way of right judging:
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
  • Isa 42:1-3 : 1 See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations. 2 He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets. 3 He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.
  • Heb 10:20 : 20 By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?