Psalm 51:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You want me to be completely loyal, so put true wisdom deep inside of me.

Cross References

Psalm 15:2

Only those who live pure lives, do what is right, and speak the truth from their hearts.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Eliab is tall and handsome, but don’t judge by things like that. God doesn’t look at what people see. People judge by what is on the outside, but the Lord looks at the heart. Eliab is not the right man.”

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.

Job 38:36

“Who makes people wise? Who puts wisdom deep inside them?

Romans 7:22

In my mind I am happy with God’s law.

Proverbs 2:6

The Lord is the source of wisdom; knowledge and understanding come from his mouth.

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you. You are sinners, so clean sin out of your lives. You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.

Luke 11:39

The Lord said to him, “The washing you Pharisees do is like cleaning only the outside of a cup or a dish. But what is inside you? You want only to cheat and hurt people.

Psalm 5:9

My enemies never tell the truth. They only want to destroy people. Their words come from mouths that are like open graves. They use their lying tongues to deceive others.

1 Chronicles 29:17

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

Jeremiah 32:40

“‘I will make an agreement with the people of Israel and Judah that will last forever. In this agreement I will never turn away from them. 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 to be loyal to you. You hit the people of Judah, but they did not feel any pain. You destroyed them, but they refused to learn their lesson. They became very stubborn. They refused to be sorry for the bad things they did.

Psalm 26:2

Look closely at me, Lord, and test me. Judge my deepest thoughts and emotions.

Job 32:8

But it is the spirit in people, the breath from God All-Powerful, that makes them understand.

Jeremiah 31:33

“In the future I will make this agreement 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.

Proverbs 2:21

Honest people will live in the land, and those who do right will remain there.

2 Kings 20:3

“Lord, remember that I have sincerely served you with all my heart. I have done what you say is good.” Then Hezekiah cried very hard.

2 Corinthians 1:12

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

Psalm 125:4

Lord, be good to those who are good, to those who have pure hearts.

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “The Lord will forgive you, even for this sin. You will not die.

Psalm 32:5

But then I decided to confess my sins to the Lord. I stopped hiding my guilt and told you about my sins. And you forgave them all! Selah

Psalm 41:5

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

Jeremiah 12:1

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