Psalms 56:13

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“For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.”

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BSBPD

“For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For thou hast delivered my soul from death: Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 56:13 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  2. Leviticus 23:38These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.
  3. 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
  4. Job 33:30to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
  5. Psalms 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
  6. Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
  7. Psalms 86:12I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
  8. Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
  9. Psalms 116:8For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
  10. Psalms 145:14The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
  11. Isaiah 2:5Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
  12. Isaiah 38:3saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  13. John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  14. John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  15. 2 Corinthians 1:10He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
  16. Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
  17. 1 Thessalonians 1:10and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
  18. Hebrews 2:15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
  19. James 5:20consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
  20. Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

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