Psalms 6:8

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“Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.”

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BSBPD

“Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 6:8 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 17:7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
  2. Psalms 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
  3. Psalms 31:10For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
  4. Psalms 56:8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
  5. Psalms 116:8For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
  6. Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
  7. Psalms 139:19O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
  8. Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
  9. Isaiah 30:19O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
  10. 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.
  11. Isaiah 38:5“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
  12. Lamentations 3:56You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”
  13. Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
  14. Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  15. Luke 13:27And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
  16. Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

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