Psalms 25:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

טוֹב־וְיָשָׁ֥ר יְהוָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֤ן יוֹרֶ֖ה חַטָּאִ֣ים בַּדָּֽרֶךְ

Transliteration

ṭôḇ-wĕyāšār YHWH ʿal-kēn yôreh ḥaṭṭāʾîm baddāreḵ

Grammar Details

*ṭôḇ-wĕyāšār*: adjective, masculine singular + conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - 'good and upright'
*ʿal-kēn*: preposition + adverb - 'therefore'
*yôreh*: verb, Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he instructs/teaches'
*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'sinners'
*baddāreḵ*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'in the way'

Word Meanings

*ṭôḇ*: good/pleasant/beneficial
*yāšār*: upright/straight/just
*yôreh*: instructs/teaches/guides
*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*: sinners/offenders/those who miss the mark
*dāreḵ*: way/road/path/manner

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 92:15 : 15 To shew{H8687)} that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness {H8675)} in him.
Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Jas 1:5 : 5 {G1161} If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Matt 9:13 : 13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Luke 11:13 : 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
John 6:44-45 : 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness , hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Eph 1:17-18 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Ps 119:68 : 68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
Prov 1:20-23 : 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Prov 2:1-6 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Mic 4:2 : 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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