Psalms 16:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.””
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“I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;”
King James Version · Public Domain“O my soul, thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou <FI>art<Fi> ;' My good <FI>is<Fi> not for thine own sake;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 16:2 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 22:2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
- Job 35:7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
- Psalms 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
- Psalms 27:8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
- Psalms 31:14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
- Psalms 50:9I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
- Psalms 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
- Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
- Psalms 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.
- Isaiah 44:5One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
- Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire;I will refine them like silverand test them like gold.They will call on My name,and I will answer them.I will say, ‘They are My people,’and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- Luke 17:10So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
- John 20:28Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”
- Romans 11:35“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
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