Psalms 139:4

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“Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.”

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Read Psalms 139:4 in the flow of Psalms139 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Psalms139 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 139:4 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 8:2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
  2. Job 38:2“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
  3. Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
  4. Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
  5. Psalms 19:14May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
  6. Psalms 50:19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
  7. Jeremiah 29:23For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
  8. Zephaniah 1:12And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
  9. Malachi 3:13“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
  10. Matthew 12:35The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
  11. Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
  12. James 1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
  13. James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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