Psalms 16:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 30:12 : 12 So that my glory may make songs of praise to you and not be quiet. O Lord my God, I will give you praise for ever.
  • Ps 57:8 : 8 You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.
  • Ps 108:1 : 1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs and melody, even with my glory.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
  • Luke 10:21-22 : 21 In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes. 22 All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.
  • Acts 2:26 : 26 And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:
  • 1 Thess 4:13-14 : 13 But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope. 14 For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.
  • Jas 3:5-9 : 5 Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell. 7 For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority; 8 But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death. 9 With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.
  • Job 14:14-15 : 14 If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free. 15 At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.
  • Job 19:26-27 : 26 And ... without my flesh I will see God; 27 Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.
  • Ps 4:7-8 : 7 Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased. 8 I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

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