Psalms 27:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the LORD’s favor in the land of the living?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 142:5 : 5 I cry out to you, O LORD; I say,“You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”
  • Ps 56:13 : 13 when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.
  • Ezek 26:20 : 20 then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the Pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body. 11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body. 12 As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. 13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in what has been written,“I believed; therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak. 14 We do so because we know that the one who raised up Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence.
  • 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
  • Ps 56:3 : 3 When I am afraid, I trust in you.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying,“Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let’s remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.”
  • Ps 116:9-9 : 9 I will serve the LORD in the land of the living. 10 I had faith when I said,“I am severely oppressed.” 11 I rashly declared,“All men are liars.”
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.
  • Job 28:13 : 13 Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
  • Isa 38:11 : 11 “I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.
  • Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
  • 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Paul’s Perseverance in Ministry Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
  • Job 33:30 : 30 to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

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