Verse 11

Teach me how you want me to live, LORD; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 5:8 : 8 LORD, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!
  • Ps 86:11 : 11 O LORD, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!
  • Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Make me understand your ways, O LORD! Teach me your paths! 5 Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.
  • Ps 26:12 : 12 I am safe, and among the worshipers I will praise the LORD.
  • Ps 64:6 : 6 They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.
  • Isa 30:20-21 : 20 The Lord will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them. 21 You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,“This is the correct way, walk in it,” whether you are heading to the right or the left.
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 A thoroughfare will be there– it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it– fools will not stray into it.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.
  • Dan 6:4-5 : 4 Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. 5 So these men concluded,“We won’t find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God.”
  • Luke 3:4-6 : 4 As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness:‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight. 5 Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth, 6 and all humanity will see the salvation of God.’”
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 Paying Taxes to Caesar Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
  • Ps 54:5 : 5 May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!
  • Ps 56:5-6 : 5 All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise. 6 They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.
  • Ps 25:9 : 9 May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 The LORD shows his faithful followers the way they should live.
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
  • Ps 143:8-9 : 8 May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you. 9 Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD! I run to you for protection. 10 Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.
  • Prov 2:6-9 : 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. 7 He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity, 8 to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones. 9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity– every good way.
  • Prov 8:9 : 9 All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.
  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.