Psalms 78:72

World English Bible (2000)

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. A Psalm by Asaph.

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  • 1 Kgs 9:4 : 4 As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • Ps 75:2 : 2 When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
  • Ps 101:1-8 : 1 I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises. 2 I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart. 3 I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me. 4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. 5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited. 6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me. 7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes. 8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh's city. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.
  • Isa 11:2-4 : 2 The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. 3 His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears; 4 but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
  • Zech 11:15-17 : 15 Yahweh said to me, "Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 16 For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces. 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"
  • Acts 13:22 : 22 When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'
  • Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
  • 2 Cor 3:5-6 : 5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; 6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  • 2 Tim 2:15 : 15 Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
  • 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his people.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6-9 : 6 Solomon said, "You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am but a little child. I don't know how to go out or come in. 8 Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?"
  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:70-71
    2 verses
    82%

    70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

    71 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

  • Ps 78:52-55
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    74%

    52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

    53 He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

    54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.

    55 He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • 20 You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. A contemplation by Asaph.

  • 14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the midst of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

  • 15 I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

  • 16 But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock." A Psalm by Asaph.

  • 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

  • Ps 23:1-3
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    1 Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

    2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

    3 He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

  • 7 he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.

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    14 I will feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel.

    15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • 10 He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.

  • 68%

    22 therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

    23 I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

  • 9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever. A Psalm by David.

  • Ps 78:28-29
    2 verses
    67%

    28 He let them fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations.

    29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.

  • 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

  • 1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

  • 1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.

  • Ps 78:14-15
    2 verses
    67%

    14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

    15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

  • 4 He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.

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    12 Yahweh alone led him. There was no foreign god with him.

    13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;

  • 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.

  • Ps 111:5-6
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    5 He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.

    6 He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

  • 4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.

  • 31 For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

  • 7 So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union," and I fed the flock.

  • 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

  • 3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

  • 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep?

  • 13 So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A Psalm by Asaph.

  • 7 for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

  • 13 "You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.

  • 28 You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

  • 20 You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn't withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

  • 7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

  • 4 I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, says Yahweh.

  • 22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

  • 16 To him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever:

  • 4 Thus says Yahweh my God: "Feed the flock of slaughter.