Psalm 51:6
Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Behold

Psalm 26:2
Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

Psalm 125:4
Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

Genesis 20:5, 6
Didn't Abraham tell me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands." . . .

2 Kings 20:3
"Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

1 Chronicles 29:17
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

2 Chronicles 31:20, 21
So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God. . . .

Proverbs 2:21
For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

John 4:23, 24
But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. . . .

2 Corinthians 1:12
And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God--not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

inward

Psalm 5:9
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction is within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice flattery.

1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart."

Job 38:36
Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

Luke 11:39
"Now then, " said the Lord, "you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Romans 7:22
For in my inner being I delight in God's Law.

in the hidden

Job 32:8
But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

Jeremiah 31:33
"But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Jeremiah 32:40
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will never turn away from Me.

1 Peter 3:4
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God's sight.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.

King James Bible
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Surely You desire integrity in the inner self, and You teach me wisdom deep within.

International Standard Version
Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts.

NET Bible
Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But you have desired the truth and you have shown me the hidden things of your wisdom.
Links
Psalm 51:6 NIV
Psalm 51:6 NLT
Psalm 51:6 ESV
Psalm 51:6 NASB
Psalm 51:6 KJV

Psalm 51:6 Bible Apps
Psalm 51:6 Parallel
Psalm 51:6 Biblia Paralela
Psalm 51:6 Chinese Bible
Psalm 51:6 French Bible
Psalm 51:6 German Bible

Psalm 51:6 Commentaries

Bible Hub
Psalm 51:5
Top of Page
Top of Page