Psalms 51:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

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  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
  • Job 38:36 : 36 Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
  • Jer 32:40 : 40 And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.
  • Jas 4:8 : 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
  • 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.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God. 21 And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.
  • Job 32:8 : 8 But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.
  • Ps 15:2 : 2 He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;
  • Gen 20:5-6 : 5 Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this. 6 And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.
  • John 4:23-24 : 23 But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father. 24 God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
  • Luke 11:39 : 39 And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
  • Ps 26:2 : 2 Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.
  • Ps 125:4 : 4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.
  • Prov 2:6 : 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
  • Prov 2:21 : 21 For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

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