Psalms 51:6
What you desire is that I desire what is true in order that you can teach me how to act wisely.
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Genesis 20:5He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”
2 Samuel 12:13David replied, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh has forgiven you for your sin: You will not die because of this sin.
1 Chronicles 29:17My God, I know that you test us people, and you are pleased if you find out that we do what is right. All these things I have given to you because I wanted to. And now I have seen that your people have also joyfully and generously given things to you.
Job 32:8But the Spirit of Almighty God is within people, and it is he who enables them to be wise.
Psalms 5:9My enemies never say what is true; they just want to destroy others. The things that they say [MTY] are as foul as an open grave where a corpse is decaying. They use their tongues to tell lies.
Psalms 26:2Yahweh, examine what I have done and test me; thoroughly evaluate what I think [IDM].
Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:2-7
Penitential Petitions. 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my… Read the whole commentary →