Cross references
Psalm 137:6
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem
as my greatest joy!
Psalm 137:6 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 3:26 (7 votes) and Psalm 22:15 (6 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Deuteronomy 26 to 1 Thessalonians 3.
Which verses does Psalm 137:6 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ezekiel 3:267 votes
I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.
- Psalm 22:156 votes
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
- Job 29:105 votes
The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
- Isaiah 41:174 votes
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Psalm 84:103 votes
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Lamentations 4:43 votes
The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:7–92 votes
For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith. For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord. …
- Matthew 6:331 vote
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Acts 20:241 vote
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- Philippians 1:201 vote
I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
Which verses point to Psalm 137:6?
The 10 strongest of 22.