Psalms 11:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 11:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 11:3 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 11:3 — KJV
“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
— Psalms 11:3 (KJV)
Psalms 11:3 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 11:3
“And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 11:3: destroyed, can
“And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah. Hormah: that is, Utter destruction”
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“Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! me: Heb. my soul, or, my life”
Shares key themes with Psalms 11:3: can, righteous
“And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.”
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“And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. prospered...: Heb. going went and was hard”
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