2 Samuel 22:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 69:14-15 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
  • Jonah 2:3 : 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
  • Rev 12:15-16 : 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
  • Rev 17:1 : 1 ¶ And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
  • Rev 17:15 : 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. 4 The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.
  • Isa 59:19 : 19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
  • Jer 46:7-8 : 7 Who [is] this [that] cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? 8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and [his] waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, [and] will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
  • Ps 18:4 : 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 18:3-5
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    92%

    3I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

    4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

    5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    86%

    6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

  • Jonah 2:3-6
    4 verses
    82%

    3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

    4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

  • Ps 116:3-4
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    81%

    3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

    4Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

  • Ps 69:1-2
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    78%

    1¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

    2I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

  • Ps 42:7
    78%

    7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

  • 2 Sam 22:17-18
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    78%

    17He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

    18He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

  • Lam 3:54
    78%

    54Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off.

  • Ps 124:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

    5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

  • Ps 55:4-5
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    77%

    4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

    5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

  • Ps 69:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

    15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

  • Ps 88:7
    76%

    7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.

  • 2 Sam 22:4
    75%

    4I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

  • Ps 18:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

    17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

  • Ps 77:16
    75%

    16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

  • Job 30:14-15
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    74%

    14They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters]: in the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me].

    15¶ Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

  • Ps 93:3
    74%

    3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

  • Ps 17:9
    74%

    9From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.

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    13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

  • Ps 32:6
    73%

    6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

  • Ps 40:12
    73%

    12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

  • Ps 88:15-17
    3 verses
    73%

    15I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

    16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

    17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

  • Exod 15:5
    73%

    5The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

  • Ps 56:3
    73%

    3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

  • Ps 86:14
    73%

    14O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

  • Ps 118:18
    73%

    18The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

  • Hab 3:10
    73%

    10The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up his hands on high.

  • Ps 55:16
    73%

    16¶ As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

  • Job 26:5
    72%

    5¶ Dead [things] are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

  • Ps 120:1
    72%

    1¶ A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  • Ps 143:3
    72%

    3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

  • Job 3:25
    72%

    25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

  • Ps 130:1
    72%

    1¶ A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

  • Ps 27:1
    72%

    1¶ [A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?