Psalms 51:6

World English Bible (2000)

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

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  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
  • Job 38:36 : 36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in God's law after the inward man,
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
  • Jer 32:40 : 40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.
  • Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before Yahweh his God. 21 In every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
  • Job 32:8 : 8 But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
  • Ps 15:2 : 2 He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;
  • Gen 20:5-6 : 5 Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this." 6 God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
  • John 4:23-24 : 23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • Luke 11:39 : 39 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
  • Ps 26:2 : 2 Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
  • Ps 125:4 : 4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.
  • Prov 2:6 : 6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
  • Prov 2:21 : 21 For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 "Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight." Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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