Psalms 23:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.”
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“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 23:5 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 36:16Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
- Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
- Psalms 22:26The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
- Psalms 22:29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
- Psalms 31:19How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
- Psalms 45:7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- Psalms 78:19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
- Psalms 92:10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
- Psalms 92:11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.
- Psalms 104:15wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
- Psalms 116:13I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.
- Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
- Matthew 6:17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
- Luke 7:46You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
- John 6:53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
- John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- John 16:22So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
- 1 Corinthians 10:16Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
- 2 Corinthians 1:21Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
- Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- 1 John 2:20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
- 1 John 2:27And 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.
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