Psalms 78:34

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 5:15 : 15 Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
  • Num 21:7 : 7 Then the people came to Moses and said,“We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD that he would take away the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
  • Judg 3:8-9 : 8 The LORD was furious with Israel and turned them over to King Cushan-Rishathaim of Armon-Haraim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects for eight years. 9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
  • Judg 3:12-15 : 12 Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. The LORD gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the LORD’s sight. 13 Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the city of date palm trees. 14 The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years. 15 When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.
  • Judg 4:3 : 3 The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, because Sisera had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
  • Judg 10:7-9 : 7 The LORD was furious with Israel and turned them over to the Philistines and Ammonites. 8 They ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites that eighteenth year– that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead. 9 The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly. 10 The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD:“We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”
  • Isa 26:6 : 6 It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”
  • Jer 22:23 : 23 You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.
  • Hos 7:14 : 14 They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:35
    78%

    35They remembered that God was their protector, and that God Most High was their deliverer.

  • 2 Chr 15:4
    75%

    4Because of their distress, they turned back to the LORD God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.

  • Ps 78:38-42
    5 verses
    74%

    38Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

    39He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

    40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the wastelands!

    41They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.

    42They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

  • Ps 78:29-33
    5 verses
    73%

    29They ate until they were beyond full; he gave them what they desired.

    30They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

    31when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

    32Despite all this, they continued to sin, and did not trust him to do amazing things.

    33So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.

  • Job 34:27
    72%

    27because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways,

  • Ps 78:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the Most High in the desert.

    18They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

  • Ps 106:43-44
    2 verses
    70%

    43Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.

    44Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.

  • Neh 9:28
    70%

    28“Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.

  • Deut 32:37
    69%

    37He will say,“Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security,

  • Judg 2:19
    69%

    19When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.

  • Prov 1:28
    69%

    28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

  • Neh 9:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,

    18even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said,‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.

  • Deut 4:30
    69%

    30In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him

  • Ps 106:29
    69%

    29They made the LORD angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.

  • Ps 107:6
    69%

    6They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • Ps 53:2
    68%

    2God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

  • Lam 3:40
    68%

    40נ(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the LORD.

  • Isa 58:2
    68%

    2They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.

  • Ps 78:56
    68%

    56Yet they challenged and defied God Most High, and did not obey his commands.

  • Judg 8:34
    68%

    34The Israelites did not remain true to the LORD their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

  • Judg 20:27
    68%

    27The Israelites asked the LORD(for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

  • 1 Kgs 8:47
    68%

    47When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting,‘We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.’

  • Zeph 1:6
    68%

    6and those who turn their backs on the LORD and do not want the LORD’s help or guidance.”

  • Hos 5:15
    68%

    15Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

  • Ps 99:8
    68%

    8O LORD our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.

  • Ps 78:11
    68%

    11They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.

  • Neh 9:26
    67%

    26“Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

  • Ps 106:14
    67%

    14In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the wastelands.

  • Ps 27:8
    67%

    8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.

  • Ps 107:28
    67%

    28They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • Ps 107:13
    67%

    13They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • 1 Kgs 8:33
    67%

    33“The time will come when your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, and pray for your help in this temple,

  • Ps 107:19
    67%

    19They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • Job 8:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

    5But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

  • Isa 26:16
    67%

    16O LORD, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.

  • Ps 124:3
    67%

    3they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

  • 1 Sam 12:10
    67%

    10Then they cried out to the LORD and admitted,‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’