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Teach me good judgment (discernment) and knowledge,
For I have believed and trusted and relied on Your commandments.
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Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].
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You are good and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:18-19

“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are fair,
And that in faithfulness You have disciplined me.

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God].
You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate!
Then he abandoned God who had made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.

2 Samuel 10:19

When all the kings serving Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Arameans (Syrians) were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

2 Samuel 11:2-27

One evening David got up from his couch and was walking on the [flat] roof of the king’s palace, and from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very beautiful in appearance.

2 Chronicles 33:9-13

So Manasseh caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to sin, by doing more evil than the [pagan] nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the sons of Israel.

Psalm 73:5-28

They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.

Psalm 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.

Proverbs 1:32

“For the turning away of the naive will kill them,
And the careless ease of [self-righteous] fools will destroy them.

Jeremiah 22:21

“I spoke to you in your [times of] prosperity,
But you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your attitude and practice from your youth;
You have not obeyed My voice.

Hosea 2:6-7

“Therefore, behold, I [the Lord God] will hedge up her way with thorns;
And I will build a wall against her [shutting off her way] so that she cannot find her paths.

Hosea 5:15-1

I will go away and return to My place [on high]
Until they acknowledge their offense and bear their guilt and seek My face;
In their distress they will earnestly seek Me, saying,

Hebrews 12:5-11

and you have forgotten the divine word of encouragement which is addressed to you as sons,

“My son, do not make light of the discipline of the Lord,
And do not lose heart and give up when you are corrected by Him;

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere], I will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth.

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