Cross references

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay snares;

those who wish me harm speak destruction,

plotting deceit all day long.

Psalm 38:12 BSB

Psalm 38:12 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 17:1–3 (5 votes) and Psalm 35:20 (5 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from 1 Samuel 18 to 1 Peter 2.

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Which verses does Psalm 38:12 point to?

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

  1. Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king …

  2. For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.

  3. Psalm 54:34 votes

    For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah

  4. The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

  5. And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed! The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”

  6. Psalm 35:43 votes

    May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

  7. Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity, who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, …

  8. The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

  9. Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

  10. When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people. So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor. …

  11. Psalm 10:92 votes

Which verses point to Psalm 38:12?

The 10 strongest of 22.