Psalms 125:3

American Standard Version (1901)

For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
  • Ps 89:22 : 22 The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
  • Ps 103:9 : 9 He will not always chide; Neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
  • Ps 103:14 : 14 For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah's anointed.
  • Isa 14:5-6 : 5 Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers; 6 that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
  • Ps 55:20 : 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.
  • Isa 10:5 : 5 Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!

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