Psalms 9:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 9:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 9:17 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 9:17 — KJV
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”
— Psalms 9:17 (KJV)
Psalms 9:17 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 9:17
“God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. hath...: Heb. hath shut me up”
Shares key themes with Psalms 9:17: wicked, turned, into
“When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;”
Shares key themes with Psalms 9:17: into, nations, god
“Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 9:17: wicked, nations, god
“Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 9:17: wicked, nations, god
“When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 9:17: into, nations, god
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