Cross references

Psalm 62:9

Lowborn men are but a vapor;

the exalted are but a lie.

Weighed on the scale, they go up;

together they are but a vapor.

Psalm 62:9 BSB

Psalm 62:9 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 39:5 (12 votes) and Isaiah 40:15 (11 votes). 39 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Judges 16 to James 1.

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Which verses does Psalm 62:9 point to?

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

  1. Psalm 39:512 votes

    You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

  2. Isaiah 40:1511 votes

    Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

  3. Isaiah 40:1711 votes

    All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

  4. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

  5. You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

  6. So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.

  7. “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.” Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’” …

  8. So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.

  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. Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

  11. Romans 3:44 votes
  12. John 19:153 votes

Which verses point to Psalm 62:9?

The 10 strongest of 39.