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Psalm 25:4
Show me your ways, LORD. Teach me your paths.
2My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.
3Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
4Show me your ways, LORD. Teach me your paths.
5Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long.
6LORD, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times.
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“Show me” and “Teach me” put you in the learner’s place, where trust in God includes admitting your need for his guidance.
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Psalm 86:11Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.Both prayers ask the LORD to teach his way, with Psalm 86 adding a resolve to walk in his truth.
Psalm 143:8Cause 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 ask God to make his way known, with Psalm 143 expressing trust and a desire to know where to walk.
Psalm 27:11Teach me your way, LORD. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.Both ask the LORD to teach his way, while Psalm 27 also asks for a straight path because of enemies.
Psalm 119:27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.Both seek understanding from God, using the language of paths in one and the teaching of precepts in the other.
Exodus 33:13Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me your way, now, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight; and consider …Both ask God to show his way; Exodus connects that request with the desire to know him.
Proverbs 20:24A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?Both connect a person's course with the LORD, though Proverbs stresses the limits of understanding one's own way.
Jeremiah 6:16The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they …Both speak of seeking paths under God's direction, while Jeremiah also records a refusal to walk in the good way.
Isaiah 2:3Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will …Both connect God's teaching with his ways and paths; Isaiah adds the peoples' resolve to walk in those paths.
Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,Both use the language of ways and paths; Proverbs names righteousness and justice, while the psalm asks to learn God's paths.
Acts 2:28You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’Both speak of ways made known by God; the psalm asks for this teaching, while Acts speaks of it received.
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