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Psalm 25:9

He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

7Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, LORD.
8Good and upright is the LORD, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
9He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
10All the paths of the LORD are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11For your name’s sake, LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
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The repeated word “humble” draws attention to the posture of a learner, while God’s justice and his way give that learning its direction.

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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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Matthew 5:5Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.Jesus promises blessing to the gentle, while the psalm promises God’s guidance to the humble.
Isaiah 61:1The Lord GOD’s Spirit is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim …The humble receive God’s teaching in the psalm and are named as recipients of good news in Isaiah.
Isaiah 58:11and the LORD will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of …Both passages promise the LORD’s guidance; Isaiah also describes his provision through dry places.
James 1:21Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.Humility marks those God teaches in the psalm and the reception of the implanted word in James.
Proverbs 3:5–6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.The psalm’s humble learner and Proverbs’ command to trust the LORD share a posture of dependence on God.
Psalm 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.Both psalms name God as guide; Psalm 48 extends that assurance even to death.
Psalm 73:24You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.God guides in both passages, with teaching named in Psalm 25 and counsel in Psalm 73.
Psalm 23:3He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.God’s guidance has a moral direction in both psalms: justice in Psalm 25 and paths of righteousness in Psalm 23.
1 Peter 3:4but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.The humble receive God’s teaching in the psalm, while Peter describes a gentle and quiet spirit as precious to God.
John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.Both passages use the word “way”: the psalm speaks of God teaching his way, and Jesus identifies himself as the way.
Psalm 147:6The LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.The LORD acts for the humble in both psalms, guiding and teaching them in one and upholding them in the other.
Galatians 5:23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.The connection is between humility and gentleness; the psalm speaks of God’s teaching, while Galatians names gentleness and self-control.
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Read Psalm 25:8–10 and mark what describes God’s way

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Encouragement

You do not need to approach God as someone who has mastered his ways. The promise names the humble as those he will guide and teach.

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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).