Psalms 119:12
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Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
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The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.