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Psalm 23:3

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

1A Psalm by David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.
2He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
3He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
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Restoration and righteous paths belong to the same Shepherd’s care, a comfort that also gives weight to the way you live.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 42:16I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked …Both describe God leading people along paths, with Isaiah stressing his help where the way is unknown.
Psalm 31:3For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.Both link God’s guidance to his name, making his own character the ground of trust.
Psalm 19:7The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.Both speak of restoring the soul, with Psalm 19 naming the LORD’s law as the means of restoration.
Psalm 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.Both concern inward renewal from God: one declares that he restores, while the other asks him to renew.
Psalm 143:8–10Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.Both connect the soul’s dependence on God with his guidance in the way a person should walk.
Proverbs 2:8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.Both describe God’s care along right paths, with Proverbs stressing his protection and the psalm his guidance.
Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says the LORD, “because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no …Restoration is the shared thread: the psalm speaks of the soul, while Jeremiah promises health and healing to wounded Zion.
Job 33:30to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.Both speak of the soul being restored to life, with Job describing rescue from the pit.
Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,Both describe righteousness as a path, with Proverbs pairing it with justice and the psalm naming God as guide.
Proverbs 4:11I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.Both use paths to describe guidance, with the psalm naming righteousness and Proverbs naming wisdom and straight paths.
Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.The shared thread is care that shapes conduct; Revelation names reproof and repentance, while the psalm names righteous guidance.
Micah 7:18–19Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he …Both speak of God’s care for his people; Micah names pardon, while the psalm speaks of restoration and guidance.
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Encouragement

The Shepherd who restores your soul also guides your steps. His name matters in that care: David grounds restoration and righteous guidance in who God is.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).