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Psalm 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

19Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.
20Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.
21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
22God, redeem Israel out of all his troubles.
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Integrity and uprightness become part of a plea for protection here, where waiting for God means facing enemies without letting go of what is right.

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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 40:31but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not …Both texts look to God while waiting, with the psalm asking for preservation and Isaiah promising renewed strength.
Psalm 27:14Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.Waiting for God anchors both verses, expressed as a personal prayer in Psalm 25 and an exhortation to courage in Psalm 27.
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.Both texts describe integrity as a safeguard, preserving the speaker in the psalm and guiding the upright in Proverbs.
Psalm 41:12As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.Both prayers link integrity with being upheld, directing their words to God as the one whose help they need.
Psalm 26:1By David. Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.Integrity accompanies trust in God in both verses, as each speaker brings his conduct before the Lord.
Acts 24:16In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.Both texts value upright conduct before God, expressed as integrity in the psalm and a conscience without offense in Acts.
Psalm 26:11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.Both prayers join integrity with dependence on God, asking for preservation in one and redemption and mercy in the other.
Proverbs 20:7A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.Integrity marks righteous conduct in both texts, though the proverb concerns children’s blessing and the psalm concerns the speaker’s preservation.
1 Samuel 26:23The LORD will give to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because the LORD delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t stretch out my hand …Both passages connect upright conduct with reliance on the Lord, who preserves in the prayer and rewards righteousness in Samuel.
Daniel 6:22My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O …Both texts connect preservation with upright conduct before God, with Daniel reporting deliverance and the psalm asking for it.
1 Samuel 24:11–13Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and didn’t kill you, know and see that …Both passages concern integrity under threat, with the psalm surrounded by enemies and David declaring his innocence to someone hunting him.
Proverbs 2:11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,Both texts speak of protective qualities: integrity and uprightness preserve in the psalm, while discretion and understanding keep watch in Proverbs.
Where this verse fits

Waiting. temptation. injustice and anger.

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Encouragement

Integrity matters even while trouble remains unresolved. David’s plea rests on waiting for God; upright conduct and dependence on him belong together in this prayer.

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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).