Psalms 73:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.”

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BSBPD

“If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 73:15 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
  2. Psalms 14:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
  3. Psalms 22:30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
  4. Psalms 24:6Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
  5. Malachi 2:8But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  6. Matthew 18:6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
  7. Romans 14:15If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
  8. Romans 14:21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
  9. 1 Corinthians 8:11So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
  10. 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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