Psalm 25:8 {24:8}
Good News Translation
Because the LORD is righteous and good, he teaches sinners the path they should follow.

New Revised Standard Version
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

Contemporary English Version
You are honest and merciful, and you teach sinners how to follow your path.

New American Bible
Good and upright is the LORD, therefore he shows sinners the way,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.

Good

Psalm 119:68 Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.

upright

Psalm 92:15 That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

Isaiah 26:7 The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.

teach

Proverbs 1:20-23 At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying: . . .

Proverbs 2:1-6 That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence. . . .

Proverbs 9:4-6 Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you. . . .

Micah 4:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared in the top of the mountains, and high above the hills: and people shall flow to it.

Matthew 9:13 Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

Matthew 11:29,30 Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: And you shall find rest to your souls. . . .

Luke 11:13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?

John 6:44,45 No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him. And I will raise him up in the last day. . . .

2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:17,18 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge of him: . . .

James 1:5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him.

Context
To You I Lift Up My Soul
7The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 8The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.9He will guide the mild in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways.…
Cross References
Psalm 25:12
Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.

Psalm 32:8
I will give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee in this way, in which thou shalt go: I will fix my eyes upon thee.

Psalm 86:5
For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

Psalm 92:15
That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

Psalm 100:5
For the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth to generation and generation.

Isaiah 30:21
And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

Micah 4:2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared in the top of the mountains, and high above the hills: and people shall flow to it.

Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.

Psalm 25:7
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