Psalms 78:72

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He shepherded them with a heart of integrity and guided them with the skillfulness of his hands.

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  • 1 Kgs 9:4 : 4 'And as for you, if you walk before Me faithfully, as your father David did, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you and keeping My statutes and judgments,
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • Ps 75:2 : 2 We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. People recount your wondrous works.
  • Ps 101:1-8 : 1 A psalm of David. I will sing of your mercy and justice, Lord; to you, I will make music. 2 I will act wisely and follow the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will live with integrity in my heart within my house. 3 I will not set any worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the actions of those who turn aside; it will not cling to me. 4 A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not associate with evil. 5 Whoever secretly slanders their neighbor, I will silence. Whoever has proud eyes and an arrogant heart, I cannot endure. 6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. The one who walks in integrity, they will serve me. 7 No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks lies will stand in my presence. 8 Each morning, I will silence all the wicked of the land, cutting off every evildoer from the city of the Lord.
  • Isa 11:2-4 : 2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest upon him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and reverence for the LORD. 3 And his delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear. 4 But he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
  • Zech 11:15-17 : 15 The LORD said to me, 'Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 16 For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those being destroyed, seek the young, heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.' 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye. May his arm wither completely, and his right eye become totally blind.
  • Acts 13:22 : 22 After removing him, He raised up David to be their king, about whom He testified, 'I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.'
  • Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his ancestors, and saw decay.
  • 2 Cor 3:5-6 : 5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God. 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  • 2 Tim 2:15 : 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him.
  • 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness to all his people.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6-9 : 6 Solomon replied, "You have shown great lovingkindness to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to sit on his throne this day." 7 Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, but I am only a young and inexperienced servant who does not know how to carry out his duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or record. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between good and evil, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?
  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 When all Israel heard the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of the king, for they saw that he had the wisdom of God to administer justice.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:70-71
    2 verses
    82%

    70 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds.

    71 From tending the nursing ewes, He brought him to shepherd Jacob, His people, and Israel, His inheritance.

  • Ps 78:52-55
    4 verses
    74%

    52 But He led His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

    53 He led them safely, so they were unafraid, but the sea covered their enemies.

    54 He brought them to His holy border, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.

    55 He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance with a measuring line; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

  • 20 Your way was through the sea, Your path through the waters, though Your footprints were not seen.

  • 14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who live alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as they did in days of old.

  • 15 Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.

  • 16 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

  • 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.

  • Ps 23:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1 A psalm of David: The LORD is my shepherd; I will lack nothing.

    2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

    3 He restores my soul; He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

  • 7 He led them on a straight path to a city where they could settle.

  • 69%

    14 I will feed them in good pasture, and their grazing land will be on the high mountains of Israel. There they will lie down in a pleasant grazing land and feed in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel.

    15 I Myself will tend My flock and cause them to lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

  • 10 He found him in a desolate land, in a barren wasteland with howling winds. He surrounded him, cared for him, and protected him as the apple of His eye.

  • 68%

    22 I will save My flock so they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

    23 I will place over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.

  • 9 Save your people and bless your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

  • Ps 78:28-29
    2 verses
    67%

    28 He made them fall inside their camp, all around their dwellings.

    29 They ate and were filled abundantly, for He gave them what they craved.

  • 6 As they were fed, they were satisfied; as they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and so they forgot me.

  • 1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

  • 1 For the director of music, to the tune of 'Lilies', a testimony of Asaph, a psalm.

  • Ps 78:14-15
    2 verses
    67%

    14 By day He led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

    15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the depths.

  • 4 And he will be their peace. When Assyria invades our land and marches through our fortresses, we will raise up against them seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.

  • 67%

    12 The LORD alone guided him, and there was no foreign god with him.

    13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the produce of the fields. He gave him honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag.

  • 4 I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love; I was to them like one who lifts the yoke from their necks, and I bent down to feed them.

  • Ps 111:5-6
    2 verses
    67%

    5 He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.

    6 He has shown His people the power of His works, giving them the inheritance of the nations.

  • 4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good and to those who are upright in heart.

  • 31 For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance.

  • 7 So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs—one I called Favor and the other Union—and I shepherded the flock.

  • 8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

  • 3 Trust in the LORD and do what is good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

  • 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, the shepherds: This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

  • 13 Then we, Your people and the sheep of Your pasture, will give thanks to You forever; from generation to generation, we will proclaim Your praise.

  • 7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

  • 13 In Your steadfast love, You led the people You redeemed; in Your strength, You guided them to Your holy dwelling.

  • 28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

  • 20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold manna from their mouths, and You provided water for their thirst.

  • 7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

  • 4 I will appoint shepherds over them who will care for them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any be missing, declares the LORD.

  • 22 To bind his officials as he desired and to teach his elders wisdom.

  • 16 To Him who led His people through the wilderness, for His steadfast love endures forever.

  • 4 This is what the LORD my God says: ‘Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.’