Psalm 51:6 “Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in th…”

Psalm 51:6

Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

World English Bible

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

American Standard Version

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, thou louest trueth in the inwarde affections: therefore hast thou taught mee wisedome in the secret of mine heart.

Darby Translation

Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden [part] thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

Bible in Basic English

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

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Cross references

“Behold”

James 4:8 1 Chronicles 29:17 Jeremiah 5:3 Psalm 26:2 Proverbs 2:21 Psalm 125:4

James 4:8 · BSB

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

1 Chronicles 29:17 · BSB

I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to…

Jeremiah 5:3 · BSB

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Psalm 26:2 · BSB

Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

Proverbs 2:21 · BSB

For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

Psalm 125:4 · BSB

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

“inward”

1 Samuel 16:7 Romans 7:22 Job 38:36 Luke 11:39 Psalm 5:9

1 Samuel 16:7 · BSB

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

Romans 7:22 · BSB

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

Job 38:36 · BSB

Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

Luke 11:39 · BSB

Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Psalm 5:9 · BSB

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

“in the hidden”

1 Peter 3:4 Jeremiah 32:40 Job 32:8 Jeremiah 31:33

1 Peter 3:4 · BSB

but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

Jeremiah 32:40 · BSB

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

Job 32:8 · BSB

But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

Jeremiah 31:33 · BSB

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Also

Psalm 15:2 Proverbs 2:6

Psalm 15:2 · BSB

He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,

Proverbs 2:6 · BSB

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

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