Psalms 34:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 19:36 : 36 For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled,“Not a bone of his will be broken.”
  • Ps 91:12 : 12 They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.
  • Dan 6:22-24 : 22 My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.” 23 Then the king was delighted and gave an order to haul Daniel up from the den. So Daniel was hauled up out of the den. He had no injury of any kind, because he had trusted in his God. 24 The king gave another order, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den– they, their children, and their wives. They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”

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  • John 19:36
    80%

    36For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled,“Not a bone of his will be broken.”

  • Ps 34:17-19
    3 verses
    79%

    17The godly cry out and the LORD hears; he saves them from all their troubles.

    18The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.

    19The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them.

  • Ps 37:17
    74%

    17for evil men will lose their power, but the LORD sustains the godly.

  • Lam 3:4
    74%

    4ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.

  • Num 9:12
    74%

    12They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover.

  • Ps 22:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.

    18They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments.

  • Job 33:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.

    19Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

  • John 19:33
    72%

    33But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

  • Ps 147:3
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    3He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.

  • Ps 35:10
    72%

    10With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”

  • Ps 34:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

    22The LORD rescues his servants; all who take shelter in him escape punishment.

  • Exod 12:46
    71%

    46It must be eaten in one house; you must not bring any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break a bone of it.

  • Ps 51:8
    71%

    8Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!

  • Ps 41:2
    70%

    2May the LORD protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!

  • Ps 22:14
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    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

  • Ps 55:22
    70%

    22Throw your burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be shaken.

  • Job 33:21
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    21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

  • Ps 129:4
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    4The LORD is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked.”

  • Job 41:23
    70%

    23The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm on it, immovable.

  • Job 21:24
    69%

    24his body well nourished, and the marrow of his bones moist.

  • Ps 37:24
    69%

    24Even if he trips, he will not fall headlong, for the LORD holds his hand.

  • Job 31:22
    69%

    22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

  • Lev 21:19
    69%

    19or a man who has had a broken leg or arm,

  • Ps 118:18
    69%

    18The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

  • Job 40:18
    69%

    18Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.

  • Matt 12:20
    69%

    20He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.

  • Isa 30:14
    69%

    14It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern.”

  • Job 16:12-14
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    69%

    12I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

    13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

    14He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

  • Ps 145:14
    68%

    14The LORD supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.

  • Ps 37:31-32
    2 verses
    68%

    31The law of their God controls their thinking; their feet do not slip.

    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Job 30:17
    68%

    17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.

  • Job 5:18-19
    2 verses
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    18For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.

    19He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

  • Ps 121:3
    68%

    3May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep!

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    68%

    20The LORD protects all those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked.

  • Ps 141:7
    68%

    7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

  • Ps 69:20
    68%

    20Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

  • Ps 33:19
    68%

    19by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.

  • Job 19:20
    68%

    20My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.

  • Isa 42:3
    68%

    3A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.

  • Acts 13:35
    68%

    35Therefore he also says in another psalm,‘You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.’

  • Ps 107:16
    68%

    16For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.