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Psalm 118:12

They swarmed around me like bees,

but they were extinguished like burning thorns;

in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

Psalm 118:12 BSB

Psalm 118:12 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 1:44 (9 votes) and 1 Samuel 17:45 (7 votes). 34 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Deuteronomy 1 to Revelation 12.

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Which verses does Psalm 118:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Deuteronomy 1:449 votes

    Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

  2. 1 Samuel 17:457 votes

    But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

  3. Psalm 20:56 votes

    May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.

  4. Psalm 20:15 votes

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

  5. Ecclesiastes 7:65 votes

    For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

  6. 2 Samuel 23:64 votes

    But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.

  7. Psalm 8:94 votes

    O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

  8. Psalm 58:94 votes

    Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.

  9. 1 Chronicles 14:10–113 votes

    So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.” So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim.

  10. 1 Chronicles 14:14–163 votes

    So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees. As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” …

  11. 2 Chronicles 14:11–123 votes
  12. 2 Chronicles 16:7–93 votes
  13. 2 Chronicles 20:17–223 votes
  14. Psalm 83:14–153 votes
  15. Isaiah 27:43 votes
  16. Nahum 1:103 votes
  17. 2 Chronicles 22:7–81 vote

Which verses point to Psalm 118:12?

The 10 strongest of 34.