Psalms 62:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?”
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“How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.”
King James Version · Public Domain“How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 62:3 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 16:28Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?
- 1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
- Psalms 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
- Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 18:3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
- Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
- Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 6:9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
- Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
- Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- Hosea 7:15Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
- Matthew 17:17“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
- Acts 24:9The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.
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