Psalms 9:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

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  • Isa 31:3 : 3 For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.
  • Jer 32:40 : 40 And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.
  • Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:
  • Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.
  • Ezek 30:13 : 13 This is what the Lord has said: In addition to this, I will give up the images to destruction and put an end to the false gods in Noph; never again will there be a ruler in the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
  • Acts 12:22-23 : 22 And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man. 23 And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.
  • Exod 15:16 : 16 Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.
  • Exod 23:27 : 27 I will send my fear before you, putting to flight all the people to whom you come; all those who are against you will go in flight, turning their backs before you.
  • Deut 2:25 : 25 From now on I will put the fear of you in all peoples under heaven, who, hearing of you, will be shaking with fear and grief of heart because of you.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
  • Ps 76:12 : 12 He puts an end to the wrath of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.
  • Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High: 7 But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

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  • 19 Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

  • 9 And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.

  • 27 So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it.

  • 8 Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

  • 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.

  • Ps 83:16-18
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    16 Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.

    17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;

    18 So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.

  • 13 Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

  • 19 God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

  • 16 The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

  • 13 Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.

  • Ps 67:2-3
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    2 So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.

    3 Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the peoples give you praise.

  • 29 And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.

  • 15 So the nations will give honour to the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will be in fear of his glory:

  • 3 Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.

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

  • 30 Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.

  • 11 Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour,

  • 4 Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

  • 11 Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

  • 5 Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the peoples give you praise.

  • 20 But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.

  • 11 Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

  • 10 And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is on you, and they will go in fear of you.

  • Mic 7:16-17
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    16 The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.

    17 They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.

  • 27 But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.

  • 9 O give worship to the Lord in holy robes; be in fear before him, all the earth.

  • 5 You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

  • 10 Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

  • 16 Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms?

  • 9 Let all the nations whom you have made come and give worship to you, O Lord, giving glory to your name.

  • 5 They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

  • 23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

  • 40 So that they may give you worship all the days of their life in the land which you gave to our fathers.

  • Ps 76:7-9
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    7 You, you are to be feared; who may keep his place before you in the time of your wrath?

    8 From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,

    9 When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)

  • 60 So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other.

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    6 Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

  • 46 They will be wasted away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

  • 21 So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.

  • 2 For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.

  • 27 All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

  • 24 So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the hand of the Lord is strong; and that they may go in fear of the Lord your God for ever.

  • 16 The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

  • 2 Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

  • 8 Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;