Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 25:9

“The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.”

Psalms 25:9 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 25:9, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 25. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.

8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

11 For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
  • Psalms 23:3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
  • Matthew 5:5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
  • John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • Galatians 5:23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
  • 1 Peter 3:15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
  • Ezekiel 36:27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
  • Zephaniah 2:3Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.
  • Psalms 149:4For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
  • Psalms 147:6The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
  • Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
  • Psalms 119:66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
  • Psalms 143:10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
  • Isaiah 42:1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.