Psalms 4:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.”
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“Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Many are saying, `Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 4:6 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 6:26may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
- Deuteronomy 33:19They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
- Psalms 21:6For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
- Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Psalms 42:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
- Psalms 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
- Psalms 49:16Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
- Psalms 67:1May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
- Psalms 80:1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
- Psalms 80:7Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Psalms 80:19Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- Psalms 89:15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
- Psalms 119:135Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
- Ecclesiastes 2:3I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
- Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
- Malachi 3:3And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- James 4:13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
- James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
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