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Psalm 25

Psa. 25:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
and upright
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
is the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: therefore will he teach
yarah (Hebrew #3384)
{yaw-raw'}; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
KJV usage: (+) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.
Pronounce: yaw-raw'
Origin: or (2 Chr. 26:15) yara
sinners
chatta' (Hebrew #2400)
a criminal, or one accounted guilty
KJV usage: offender, sinful, sinner.
Pronounce: khat-taw'
Origin: intensively from 2398
in the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Good.
Psa. 119:68• 68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. (Psa. 119:68)
upright.
Psa. 92:15• 15To shew that Jehovah is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. (Psa. 92:15)
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Isa. 26:7• 7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even. (Isa. 26:7)
teach.
Prov. 1:20‑23• 20Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
 21she calleth in the chief place of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
 22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
 23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words. (Prov. 1:20‑23)
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Prov. 2:1‑6• 1My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
 2so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;
 3yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding;
 4if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
 5then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
 6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:1‑6)
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Prov. 9:4‑6• 4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
 5Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
 6Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence. (Prov. 9:4‑6)
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Mic. 4:2• 2And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:2)
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Matt. 9:13• 13But go and learn what that is--I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners. (Matt. 9:13)
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Matt. 11:29‑30• 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;
 30for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matt. 11:29‑30)
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Luke 11:13• 13If therefore *ye*, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? (Luke 11:13)
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John 6:44‑45• 44No one can come to me except the Father who has sent me draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
 45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every one that has heard from the Father himself, and has learned of him, comes to me; (John 6:44‑45)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)
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Eph. 1:17‑18• 17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him,
 18being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, (Eph. 1:17‑18)
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James 1:5• 5But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him: (James 1:5)
• Good to us, He loves uprightness, loves to see it, and so will teach it in grace to those wandered from it. It is sweet to one that has wandered to count on this. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 25-28” by J.N. Darby)
• In the second part {v.8-14}, this reference to God has led the soul to speak about Him, dwelling on and declaring what He is in His ways. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 25-28” by J.N. Darby)
• In verse 8 to 10 the soul recognizes that all God’s dealings with sinners are according to His own nature, and therefore will be in goodness combined with uprightness. (“Psalms 25” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way: