Psalms 139:7

American Standard Version (1901)

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

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Referenced Verses

  • Jonah 1:3 : 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah.
  • Jer 23:23-24 : 23 Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
  • Jonah 1:10 : 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, What is this that thou hast done? For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Jehovah, because he had told them.
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 But Peter [said] unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 139:8-15
    8 verses
    85%

    8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

    9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

    10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.

    11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

    12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee] .

    13 For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

    14 I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

    15 My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

  • Ps 139:1-6
    6 verses
    83%

    1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me] .

    2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

    3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.

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

    5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.

    6 [ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

  • Ps 139:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;

    24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

  • 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.

  • Ps 139:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

    18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.

  • 19 How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

  • 3 If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

  • 9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

  • 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

  • 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

  • 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

  • 1 [For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David]. In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain;

  • 24 That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

  • Job 11:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

    8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?

  • 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

  • 25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee] ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

  • 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there] ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

  • 21 Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

  • 19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

  • 13 That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

  • 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.

  • Ps 55:6-8
    3 verses
    71%

    6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

    7 Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. {{Selah

    8 I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.

  • 1 [A Psalm of David]. Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

  • Job 10:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

    7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

  • 4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

  • 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

  • 4 Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

  • 7 Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

  • 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

  • 28 But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.

  • 12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

  • 8 [ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.