Psalms 124:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

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  • Ps 57:3 : 3 He shall send from heaven and save me from the reproach of him who would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit;
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, this is what we wanted; let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he fights against me daily oppressing me. 2 My enemies would daily swallow me up, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me up like a monster, he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has thrown me out.
  • Dan 3:19 : 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed towards Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; he spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all its coasts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 And requested letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
  • Ps 74:8 : 8 They said in their hearts, "Let us destroy them together": they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; with the remainder of wrath You will restrain.
  • Ps 83:4 : 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.
  • Num 16:30-34 : 30 But if the LORD makes a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the pit; then you shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. 31 And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them. 32 And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, with their houses, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that belonged to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were around them fled at their cry: for they said, Lest the earth swallows us up also.
  • 1 Sam 20:30-33 : 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own confusion, and to the confusion of your mother's nakedness? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the ground, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die. 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be slain? What has he done? 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him, whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to slay David.
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 And he thought it scornful to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had shown him the people of Mordecai. Therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
  • Esth 3:12-13 : 12 Then the king's scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written according to all that Haman had commanded to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province, according to its writing and to every people in their language; in the name of King Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. 13 And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them as a prey.
  • Ps 27:2 : 2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to devour my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

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  • Ps 124:4-7
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    87%

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

    5Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

    6Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

    7Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

  • Ps 124:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say;

    2If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

  • Prov 1:12
    78%

    12Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit;

  • Ps 35:25
    77%

    25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, this is what we wanted; let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • Lam 3:46-47
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    74%

    46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

    47Fear and a snare have come upon us, desolation and destruction.

  • Ps 17:11
    74%

    11They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth.

  • Lam 4:19
    74%

    19Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the sky; they pursued us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

  • Ps 90:7
    73%

    7For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled.

  • Ps 106:10-11
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    73%

    10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

    11And the waters covered their enemies; there was not one of them left.

  • Ps 123:3-4
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    73%

    3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

    4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  • Num 16:34
    73%

    34And all Israel that were around them fled at their cry: for they said, Lest the earth swallows us up also.

  • Ps 21:9
    72%

    9You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall consume them.

  • Ps 44:19
    72%

    19Though You have severely broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

  • Lam 3:43
    72%

    43You have covered Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.

  • 2 Sam 22:5
    72%

    5When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

  • Job 30:14
    72%

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

  • Exod 15:12
    71%

    12You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.

  • Ps 69:24
    71%

    24Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them.

  • Ps 78:53
    71%

    53And he led them on safely, so that they did not fear: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

  • Exod 15:5
    71%

    5The depths have covered them: they sank to the bottom like a stone.

  • Ps 78:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30They were not estranged from their desire. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

    31The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and struck down the chosen men of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 20:11
    71%

    11See, how they repay us, to come to cast us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit.

  • Ps 107:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

    6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

  • Ps 22:13
    71%

    13They gaped at me with their mouths, like a ravening and roaring lion.

  • Ps 107:26
    71%

    26They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

  • Job 22:20
    71%

    20Our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.

  • Ps 94:17
    70%

    17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

  • Ps 107:13
    70%

    13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

  • Ps 118:12
    70%

    12They surrounded me like bees; they are quenched like the fire of thorns, for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

  • Ps 66:6
    70%

    6He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the flood on foot; there did we rejoice in him.

  • Ps 56:1
    70%

    1Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he fights against me daily oppressing me.

  • Ps 27:2
    70%

    2When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to devour my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • Lam 2:16
    70%

    16All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly, this is the day we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  • Ps 44:10
    70%

    10You make us turn back from the enemy: and those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

  • Ps 73:19
    70%

    19How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

  • Exod 15:10
    70%

    10You blew with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

  • Ps 66:12
    70%

    12You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water, but you brought us out into a wealthy place.

  • Num 16:32
    70%

    32And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, with their houses, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their goods.

  • Ps 33:19
    70%

    19to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

  • Ps 126:2
    70%

    2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then they said among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them.

  • Ps 143:3
    70%

    3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.