Guidance & Direction Verses

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee {as} incense; {and} the lifting up of my hands {as} the evening sacrifice. {set...: Heb. directed}

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou {art} my God: thy spirit {is} good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Man is like to vanity: his days {are} as a shadow that passeth away.

That our sons {may be} as plants grown up in their youth; {that} our daughters {may be} as corner stones, polished {after} the similitude of a palace: {polished: Heb. cut}

The LORD {is} righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. {holy: or, merciful, or, bountiful}

The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

So {are} the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; {which} taketh away the life of the owners thereof.