32 Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?

Read full chapter

32 Teach me what I cannot see;(A)
    if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.’(B)

Read full chapter

23 (A)Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And (B)lead me in the way everlasting.

Read full chapter

23 Search me,(A) God, and know my heart;(B)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way(C) in me,
    and lead me(D) in the way everlasting.

Read full chapter

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.

Read full chapter

I will instruct(A) you and teach you(B) in the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my loving eye on(C) you.

Read full chapter

12 Who can understand his errors?
(A)Cleanse me from secret faults.

Read full chapter

12 But who can discern their own errors?
    Forgive my hidden faults.(A)

Read full chapter

(A)Show me Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.

Read full chapter

Show me your ways, Lord,
    teach me your paths.(A)
Guide me in your truth(B) and teach me,
    for you are God my Savior,(C)
    and my hope is in you(D) all day long.

Read full chapter

13 (A)He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

Read full chapter

13 Whoever conceals their sins(A) does not prosper,
    but the one who confesses(B) and renounces them finds mercy.(C)

Read full chapter

Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness (A)in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
(B)Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For (C)I lift up my soul to You.

Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
[a]In You I take shelter.
10 (D)Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
(E)Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in (F)the land of uprightness.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 143:9 LXX, Vg. To You I flee

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,(A)
    for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way(B) I should go,
    for to you I entrust my life.(C)
Rescue me(D) from my enemies,(E) Lord,
    for I hide myself in you.
10 Teach me(F) to do your will,
    for you are my God;(G)
may your good Spirit
    lead(H) me on level ground.(I)

Read full chapter

11 Who (A)teaches us more than the beasts of the earth,
And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’

Read full chapter

11 who teaches(A) us(B) more than he teaches[a] the beasts of the earth
    and makes us wiser than[b] the birds in the sky?’

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Job 35:11 Or night, / 11 who teaches us by
  2. Job 35:11 Or us wise by

I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.

Read full chapter

I say to God:(A) Do not declare me guilty,
    but tell me what charges(B) you have against me.(C)

Read full chapter

Therefore bear fruits (A)worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore (B)every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

10 So the people asked him, saying, (C)“What shall we do then?”

11 He answered and said to them, (D)“He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, (E)let him do likewise.”

12 Then (F)tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”

13 And he said to them, (G)“Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”

14 Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?”

So he said to them, “Do not [a]intimidate anyone (H)or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:14 Lit. shake down for money

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’(A) For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”(B)

10 “What should we do then?”(C) the crowd asked.

11 John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”(D)

12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized.(E) “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

13 “Don’t collect any more than you are required to,”(F) he told them.

14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?”

He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely(G)—be content with your pay.”

Read full chapter

Do Not Grieve the Spirit

25 Therefore, putting away lying, (A)Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for (B)we are members of one another. 26 (C)“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 (D)nor give [a]place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather (E)let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something (F)to give him who has need.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:27 an opportunity

25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully(A) to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.(B) 26 “In your anger do not sin”[a]:(C) Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold.(D) 28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work,(E) doing something useful with their own hands,(F) that they may have something to share with those in need.(G)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:26 Psalm 4:4 (see Septuagint)

22 that you (A)put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

Read full chapter

22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off(A) your old self,(B) which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;(C)

Read full chapter

27 Then he looks at men and (A)says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
And it (B)did not profit me.’

Read full chapter

27 And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,(A) I have perverted what is right,(B)
    but I did not get what I deserved.(C)

Read full chapter