Psalms 119:139
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.”
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BSBPD
“My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 119:139 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- 1 Kings 19:14“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- Psalms 53:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
- Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- Psalms 69:10I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
- Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Matthew 12:3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- Matthew 15:4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
- Matthew 21:13And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- Matthew 21:16“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
- Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
- Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
- John 2:17His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
- Acts 13:27The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
- Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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