Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you.
- BSB Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.
- NKJV Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
- NASB Then I will teach wrongdoers Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You.
- NLT Then I will teach your ways to rebels, and they will return to you.
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Once forgiven and restored, David vows to teach transgressors God's ways so sinners may turn to Him. Restored sinners become witnesses of grace.
Overview
David anticipates that his experience of mercy will overflow into ministry, instructing other sinners so they too will be converted to God. Grace received becomes grace shared. This pattern recurs throughout Scripture, as those forgiven much proclaim God's mercy and call others to repentance and faith.
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- Luke 22:32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
- Jas 5:19–20Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
- Acts 3:19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- Acts 26:18–20To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
- John 21:15–17So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
- Acts 2:38–41Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- Jer 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
- Acts 15:3And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
- Ps 32:8–10I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
- Ps 32:5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Isa 2:3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- Matt 18:3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- Ps 19:7The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
- Ps 25:8Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
- Isa 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
- 2 Cor 5:8–20We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
- Zech 3:1–8And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
- Acts 9:19–22And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
- Acts 13:10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Ps 25:4Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
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