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.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 36 For 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%

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

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

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

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

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

  • 12 They 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%

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

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

  • Job 33:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

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

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

  • 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.”

  • Ps 34:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • 46 It 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 14 It 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
    3 verses
    69%

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

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

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

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

  • Ps 37:31-32
    2 verses
    68%

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

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

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

  • Job 5:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18 For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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