Psalms 125:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:8 : 8 ¶ He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
  • Ps 89:22 : 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
  • Ps 103:9 : 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
  • Ps 103:14 : 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and [some] bade [me] kill thee: but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he [is] the LORD'S anointed.
  • Isa 14:5-6 : 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, [and] the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, [and] none hindereth.
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 ‹Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast› [some] ‹of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.›
  • Ps 55:20 : 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
  • Isa 10:5 : 5 ¶ O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

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