Psalms 81:15

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“Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.”

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BSBPD

“Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is--to the age.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 81:15 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  2. Leviticus 26:3If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
  3. Leviticus 26:7You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.
  4. Deuteronomy 7:10But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
  5. Psalms 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
  6. Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
  7. Psalms 83:2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
  8. Psalms 102:28The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
  9. Isaiah 65:22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
  10. Joel 3:20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
  11. John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
  12. Romans 1:30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
  13. Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

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