Psalms 32:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.”
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“Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 32:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 7:17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
- Psalms 4:3Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
- Psalms 34:2My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
- Psalms 40:3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
- Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
- Psalms 51:12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
- Psalms 69:1Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
- Psalms 69:13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
- Psalms 91:7Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
- Psalms 124:4then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
- Psalms 144:7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
- Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
- Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
- Isaiah 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Luke 19:42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
- John 7:34You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
- 2 Corinthians 6:2For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
- 2 Corinthians 7:9And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
- 1 Timothy 1:16But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
- Titus 2:12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
- Revelation 12:15Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
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