Cross references

Psalm 119:161

Rulers persecute me without cause,

but my heart fears only Your word.

Psalm 119:161 BSB

Psalm 119:161 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 24:9–15 (5 votes) and 1 Samuel 26:18 (5 votes). 4 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 39 to John 15.

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  1. and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’? Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’ …

  2. And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

  3. Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.

  4. Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

  5. Psalm 4:44 votes

    Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

  6. Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

  7. John 15:254 votes

    But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

  8. No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

  9. Job 31:233 votes

    For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

  10. And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire. Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments. …

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