David said to Natan, *I have sinned against the LORD.* Natan said to David, *The LORD also has put away your sin. You will not die.
Psalm 51:6 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, You desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom. Common English Bible And yes, you want truth in the most hidden places; you teach me wisdom in the most secret space. Catholic Public Domain Version You have loved all precipitous words, you deceitful tongue. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue. |
David said to Natan, *I have sinned against the LORD.* Natan said to David, *The LORD also has put away your sin. You will not die.
Remember now, LORD, 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. Chizkiyahu wept sore.
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: and now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.
But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
Do good, LORD, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.
He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;
I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn't hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
My enemies speak evil against me: *When will he die, and his name perish?*
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Righteous are you, LORD, when I contend with you; yet would I reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Yisra'el after those days, says the LORD: 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:
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.
O LORD, 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.
The Lord said to him, *Now you Perushim cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
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.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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.
But the LORD said to Shemu'el, *Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [the LORD sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.*