Psalms 50:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If I had need of food, I would not give you word of it; for the earth is mine and all its wealth.

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  • Exod 19:5 : 5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:
  • Deut 10:14 : 14 The Lord your God is ruler of heaven, of the heaven of heavens, and of the earth with everything in it.
  • Job 41:11 : 11 Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.
  • Ps 24:1-2 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it. 2 For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.
  • Ps 104:24 : 24 O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.
  • Ps 115:15-16 : 15 May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all men are waiting for you; and you give them their food in its time. 16 By the opening of your hand, every living thing has its desire in full measure.
  • 1 Cor 10:26-28 : 26 For the earth is the Lord's and all things in it. 27 If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong. 28 But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:
  • Gen 1:11-12 : 11 And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so. 12 And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 1:28-30 : 28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth. 29 And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food: 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.
  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 50:9-11
    3 verses
    83%

    9 I will take no ox out of your house, or he-goats from your flocks;

    10 For every beast of the woodland is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

    11 I see all the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the field are mine.

  • Ps 50:13
    80%

    13 Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?

  • 1 Cor 10:26
    76%

    26 For the earth is the Lord's and all things in it.

  • Job 41:11
    73%

    11 Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.

  • Ps 24:1
    72%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.

  • Prov 30:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

    9 For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

  • Ps 89:11
    69%

    11 Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.

  • Job 31:38-39
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    69%

    38 If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

    39 If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;

  • 1 Sam 25:11
    68%

    11 Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

  • 1 Cor 10:28
    68%

    28 But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:

  • Ps 23:1
    67%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

  • Job 6:22
    67%

    22 Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?

  • Job 31:31
    67%

    31 If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?

  • Deut 11:15
    67%

    15 And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, so that you may have food in full measure.

  • Ps 81:10
    67%

    10 I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.

  • Hos 13:6
    66%

    6 When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.

  • Hag 2:8
    66%

    8 The silver is mine and the gold is mine, says the Lord of armies.

  • Jer 23:24
    66%

    24 In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.

  • Gen 31:39
    65%

    39 Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.

  • Job 31:17
    65%

    17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

  • Ps 104:27
    65%

    27 All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.

  • Eccl 5:9
    65%

    9 He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

  • Ps 132:15
    65%

    15 My blessing will be on her food; and her poor will be full of bread.

  • Isa 55:2
    65%

    2 Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

  • Job 22:7
    65%

    7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

  • Ps 22:29
    65%

    29 All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

  • Ps 131:1
    65%

    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.

  • Ps 50:22
    65%

    22 Now keep this in mind, you who have no memory of God, for fear that you may be crushed under my hand, with no one to give you help:

  • Ps 81:16
    65%

    16 I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.

  • Matt 25:42
    65%

    42 For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:

  • Job 40:20
    65%

    20 Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?

  • Ps 34:10
    65%

    10 The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

  • Ps 17:14
    65%

    14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

  • Deut 8:10
    65%

    10 And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

  • Jer 27:5
    65%

    5 I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.

  • Job 31:25
    65%

    25 If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;

  • Isa 5:17
    65%

    17 Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.

  • Lev 25:7
    65%

    7 And for your cattle and the beasts on the land; all the natural increase of the land will be for food.

  • Ps 59:15
    64%

    15 Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.

  • Ps 55:12
    64%

    12 For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

  • Num 11:22
    64%

    22 Are flocks and herds to be put to death for them? or are all the fish in the sea to be got together so that they may be full?

  • Ps 115:16
    64%

    16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

  • 1 Sam 2:16
    64%

    16 And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.

  • Ps 147:9
    64%

    9 He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

  • Ps 145:15
    64%

    15 The eyes of all men are waiting for you; and you give them their food in its time.