Cross references

Psalm 140:2

who devise evil in their hearts

and stir up war all day long.

Psalm 140:2 BSB

Psalm 140:2 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 36:4 (6 votes) and Psalm 56:6 (6 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from 1 Samuel 23 to Acts 25.

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Which verses does Psalm 140:2 point to?

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

  1. Psalm 36:46 votes

    Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

  2. Psalm 56:66 votes

    They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

  3. They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say. They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

  4. I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.

  5. Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.

  6. Hosea 7:64 votes

    For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

  7. Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance. …

  8. Nahum 1:114 votes

    From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.

  9. Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon? Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.” …

  10. See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life. May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.

  11. Psalm 62:33 votes

Which verses point to Psalm 140:2?

The 10 strongest of 15.