Psalms 119:161
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.”
Read Psalms 119:161 in the flow of Psalms119 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Psalms119 to see the surrounding context.
“Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“<FI> Shin.<Fi> Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 119:161 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 39:9No 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?”
- Genesis 42:18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
- 1 Samuel 21:15Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
- 1 Samuel 24:9and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
- 1 Samuel 26:18And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
- 2 Kings 22:19because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- Nehemiah 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
- Psalms 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- Psalms 119:23Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
- Psalms 119:157Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
- Isaiah 66:2Has 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.
- Jeremiah 36:23And 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.
- John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
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