Psalm 51:6

Easy To Read Version

God, you want me to be truly loyal,\par so put true wisdom deep inside of me.\par

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

2 Kings 20:3

“Lord, remember that I have truly served you with all my heart. I have done the things that you say are good.” Then Hezekiah cried very hard.

1 Chronicles 29:17

My God, I know that you test people,\par and that you are happy\par when people do good.\par I gladly give you all these things\par with a pure, honest heart.\par I see your people gathered here.\par And I see that they are happy\par about giving these things to you.\par

Job 32:8

But God’s Spirit makes a person wise.\par That ‘breath’ from God All-Powerful\par makes people understand.\par

Job 38:36

“Job, who makes people wise?\par Who puts wisdom deep inside of them?\par

Psalm 125:4

Lord, be good to good people.\par Be good to people who have pure hearts.\par

Psalm 15:2

Only a person who lives a pure life,\par and does good things,\par and speaks truth from the heart\par \{can live on your mountain\}.\par

Psalm 26:2

Lord, try me and test me.\par Look closely into my heart and mind.\par

Psalm 32:5

But then I decided to confess all my sins to the Lord.\par Lord, I told you about my sins.\par I did not hide any of my guilt.\par And you forgave me for all my sins!\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [200]})\i0 \par

Psalm 41:5

My enemies say bad things about me.\par They are saying,\par “When will he die and be forgotten?”\par

Psalm 5:9

Those people don’t tell the truth.\par They are liars that twist the truth.\par Their mouths are like empty {\cf2\super [27]} graves.\par They say nice things to other people,\par but they are only trying to trap them.\par

Proverbs 2:21

Good honest people will be able to live on their land. Simple honest people will get to keep their land.

Proverbs 2:6

The Lord gives wisdom. Knowledge and understanding come from his mouth.

Jeremiah 12:1

Lord, if I argue with you,\par you are always right!\par But I want to ask you about some things that don’t seem right.\par Why are wicked people successful?\par Why do people you can’t trust have such easy lives?\par

Jeremiah 31:33

“In the future, I will make this Agreement {\cf2\super [261]} with the people of Israel.” This message is from the Lord. “I will put my teachings in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:40

“‘I will make an Agreement with the people of Israel and Judah. This Agreement will last forever. In this Agreement, I will never turn away from those people. I will always be good to them. I will make them want to respect me. Then they will never turn away from me.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, I know that you want people\par to be loyal to you.\par You hit the people of Judah,\par but they did not feel any pain.\par You destroyed them,\par but they refused to learn their lesson.\par They became very stubborn.\par They refused to be sorry\par for the bad things they did.\par

Luke 11:39

The Lord (Jesus) said to him, “You Pharisees \{think that washing the outside of the body is so important. That’s like\} cleaning only the outside of a cup or a dish! \{The inside is more important.\} And what is inside you? You want only to cheat and hurt people.

Romans 7:22

In my mind, I am happy with God’s law.

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say with all my heart that it is true: In all the things we have done in the world, we have done everything with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even more true in the things we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace (kindness), not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

James 4:8

Come near to God and God will come near to you. You are sinners. So clean sin out of your lives. {\cf2\super [23]} You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.

1 Peter 3:4

No, your beauty should come from inside you—the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. That beauty will never disappear. It is worth very much to God.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Eliab is tall and handsome. But don’t think about things like that. God does not look at the things people see. People look only at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at his heart. Eliab is not the right man.”