Psalms 38:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 38:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 38:12 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine de..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 38:12 — KJV
“They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.”
— Psalms 38:12 (KJV)
Psalms 38:12 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 38:12
“To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:”
Shares key themes with Psalms 38:12: also, after, speak
“My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 38:12: also, seek, hurt
“Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. slay...: Heb. smite him in life in...: Heb. from yesterday the third day”
Shares key themes with Psalms 38:12: life, lay, day
“All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 38:12: life, things, day
“Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 38:12: also, after, speak
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