Cross references
Psalm 118:9
It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes.
Psalm 118:9 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 146:3–5 (7 votes) and Isaiah 31:1 (4 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Judges 5 to Hebrews 13.
Which verses does Psalm 118:9 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Psalm 146:3–57 votes
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish. …
- Isaiah 31:14 votes
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
- Ezekiel 29:74 votes
When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.
- Isaiah 30:2–33 votes
They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
- Isaiah 31:83 votes
“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
- Isaiah 30:15–172 votes
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.” “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster. …
- Isaiah 36:6–71 vote
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?
Which verses point to Psalm 118:9?
The 10 strongest of 25.