Psalms 94:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.”
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BSBPD
“Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proudtheir desert.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 94:2 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- 2 Chronicles 20:12Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
- Job 40:11Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
- Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- Psalms 31:23Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
- Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Psalms 68:1God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
- Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
- Psalms 82:8Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.
- Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
- Isaiah 2:17So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
- Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
- Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Isaiah 37:29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Jeremiah 50:31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
- Daniel 5:22But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
- Micah 5:9Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.
- John 5:22Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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