Psalms 62:3

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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?”

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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 62:3 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Exodus 16:28Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?
  3. 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.
  4. Psalms 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
  5. Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
  6. Psalms 18:3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
  7. Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
  8. Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
  9. Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
  10. Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
  11. Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
  12. Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
  13. 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?
  14. Proverbs 6:9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
  15. 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!
  16. 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?
  17. Hosea 7:15Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
  18. 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.”
  19. Acts 24:9The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.

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