Psalms 131:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
  • John 14:1-2 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me. 2 In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?
  • Isa 30:15 : 15 For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.
  • Lam 3:26 : 26 It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
  • Matt 18:3-4 : 3 And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Mark 10:15 : 15 Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.
  • Luke 21:19 : 19 By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?
  • 1 Sam 25:32-33 : 32 And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today: 33 A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
  • 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again: 26 But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.
  • 2 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders. 12 It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
  • Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • Ps 43:5 : 5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • Ps 62:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

  • Job 3:13
    73%

    13 For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,

  • Ps 116:7
    73%

    7 Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

  • Ps 39:2
    72%

    2 I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

  • Ps 130:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.

    6 My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who are watching for the morning; yes, more than the watchers for the morning.

  • Ps 131:3
    72%

    3 O Israel, have hope in the Lord, from this time and for ever.

  • Ps 143:4
    72%

    4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • Isa 42:14
    71%

    14 I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.

  • Isa 38:15
    71%

    15 What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

  • Ps 35:14
    71%

    14 My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

  • Ps 8:2
    71%

    2 You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

  • Ps 120:6
    70%

    6 My soul has long been living with the haters of peace.

  • Ps 40:1
    70%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

  • Ps 46:10
    70%

    10 Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.

  • Isa 49:2
    70%

    2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place;

  • Ps 62:1
    70%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.

  • Ps 32:3
    69%

    3 When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

  • Ps 94:17
    69%

    17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

  • Lam 3:20
    69%

    20 My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.

  • Ps 42:5
    69%

    5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

  • Isa 32:18
    69%

    18 And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.

  • Ps 11:1
    69%

    1 <For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

  • Lam 1:20
    69%

    20 See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.

  • Jer 8:18
    69%

    18 Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.

  • Ps 130:1-2
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    1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

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  • Ps 71:6
    69%

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  • Lam 3:17
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    17 My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

  • Jer 17:16
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    16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.

  • Ps 22:9
    69%

    9 But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

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    69%

    8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.

  • Ps 73:21
    69%

    21 My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:

  • Ps 6:3
    69%

    3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

  • Ps 77:2
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    2 In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

  • Ps 42:11
    69%

    11 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

  • Prov 4:3
    69%

    3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

  • Job 31:18
    69%

    18 (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)

  • Isa 66:13
    68%

    13 As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

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    68%

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  • Ps 132:14
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    14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.

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    5 My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.

  • Ps 31:14
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    14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

  • Ps 3:5
    68%

    5 I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.

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  • 1 Cor 13:11
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    11 When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.

  • Jer 31:25
    68%

    25 For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.

  • Lam 3:24
    68%

    24 I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.

  • Ps 4:8
    68%

    8 I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

  • Job 3:16
    68%

    16 Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.