Psalms 103:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.

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  • Ps 57:10 : 10 For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens, and your righteousness goes up to the clouds.
  • Ps 36:5 : 5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.
  • Eph 2:4-7 : 4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, 5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation), 6 So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus; 7 That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:
  • Ps 103:17 : 17 But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
  • Prov 25:3 : 3 The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.
  • Isa 55:9 : 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is, 19 And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.
  • Job 22:12 : 12 Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!
  • Ps 89:2 : 2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 103:12-14
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    12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.

    13 As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.

    14 For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.

  • Ps 103:8-10
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    81%

    8 The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.

    9 His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.

    10 He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.

  • Ps 103:17-19
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    79%

    17 But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;

    18 If they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind to do them.

    19 The Lord has made ready his high seat in the heavens; his kingdom is ruling over all.

  • Ps 57:10-11
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    10 For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens, and your righteousness goes up to the clouds.

    11 Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.

  • Ps 108:4-5
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    78%

    4 For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your unchanging faith than the clouds.

    5 Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

  • Luke 1:50
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    50 His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.

  • Ps 36:5
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    5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.

  • Mic 7:18-19
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    74%

    18 Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.

    19 He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.

  • Ps 117:2
    73%

    2 For great is his mercy to us, and his faith is unchanging for ever. Praise be to the Lord.

  • Ps 111:4
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    4 Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the Lord is full of pity and mercy.

  • Ps 113:4-6
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    4 The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.

    5 Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,

    6 Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

  • Ps 136:4-7
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    72%

    4 To him who only does great wonders: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    5 To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    6 To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 147:11
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    11 The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.

  • Isa 55:9
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    9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

  • Ps 145:8
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    8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.

  • Ps 147:5
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    5 Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

  • Ps 33:18
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    18 See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

  • Ps 136:23
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    23 Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 31:19
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    19 O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

  • Ps 33:5
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    5 His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

  • Ps 115:13
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    13 He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.

  • Ps 102:19
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    19 For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven;

  • Job 22:12
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    12 Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

  • Ps 103:4
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    4 He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.

  • Ps 36:7
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    7 How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

  • Ps 118:4
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    4 Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 130:4
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    4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

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    4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods.

  • Ps 145:3
    70%

    3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his power may never be searched out.

  • Job 35:5
    70%

    5 Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

  • 1 Chr 16:25
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    25 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and he is more to be feared than all other gods.

  • Ps 71:19
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    19 Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

  • Lam 3:32
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    32 For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

  • Ps 111:10
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    10 The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6 Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

  • Ps 116:5
    69%

    5 The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.