He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Psalms 23:3
“He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”
— Psalms 23:3
"Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it" — guidance in the Bible is promised, but mostly to people already moving. These verses are for the fork in the road. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Psalms 23:3 to Psalms 119:105.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about guidance here is Psalms 23:3: "He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake." Psalms 25:4 follows close behind: "Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Psalms 23:3
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths.
Psalms 25:4
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long.
Psalms 25:5
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
Psalms 25:9
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalms 73:24
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
Proverbs 20:24
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
Isaiah 30:21
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
I 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 places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
Isaiah 42:16
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
Isaiah 48:17
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
John 16:13
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
Psalms 32:8
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Psalms 143:10
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
and Yahweh 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 water whose waters don’t fail.
Isaiah 58:11
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
Proverbs 16:9
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
Psalms 119:105
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