Acts 2:25

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“David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”

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BSBPD

“David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for David saith in regard to him: I foresaw the Lord always before me--because He is on my right hand--that I may not be moved;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 2:25 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
  2. Psalms 21:7For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
  3. Psalms 30:6In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
  4. Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
  5. Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
  6. Psalms 73:23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
  7. Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
  8. Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
  9. Isaiah 41:13For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
  10. Isaiah 50:7Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
  11. John 16:32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
  12. Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
  13. Acts 13:32And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

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