Psalms 26:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,”
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Read Psalms 26:9 in the flow of Psalms26 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Psalms26 to see the surrounding context.
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BSBPD
“Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 26:9 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 22:18So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
- 1 Samuel 25:29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
- 2 Samuel 16:7And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
- 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
- Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
- Psalms 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Psalms 139:19O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
- Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
- Matthew 24:51Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 25:32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- Matthew 25:44And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
- Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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