Verse 10

He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 17:8 : 8 Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings,
  • Zech 2:8 : 8 Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of the great number of men and cattle in her.
  • Jer 2:6 : 6 And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?
  • Prov 7:2 : 2 Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;
  • Hos 13:5 : 5 I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
  • Rom 2:18 : 18 And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.
  • Song 8:5 : 5 Who is this, who comes up from the waste places, resting on her loved one? It was I who made you awake under the apple-tree, where your mother gave you birth; there she was in pain at your birth.
  • Deut 8:15-16 : 15 Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you; 16 Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
  • Neh 9:19-21 : 19 Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go. 20 And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it. 21 Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.
  • Ps 32:7-9 : 7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.) 8 I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide. 9 Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ... 10 The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.
  • Ps 107:4-5 : 4 They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place. 5 Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
  • Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions. 20 He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised.
  • Deut 4:36 : 36 Out of heaven itself his voice came to you, teaching you; and on earth he let you see his great fire; and his words came to your ears out of the heart of the fire.