Psalms 137 cross-references
Psalms 137 has 9 verses, which point to 107 other passages and are cited by 116. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Points to (24)
- Ezekiel 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among… 9 votes
- Ezekiel 3:15 — Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat,… 6 votes
- Ezekiel 1:3 — The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by… 4 votes
- Lamentations 3:48 — Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 4 votes
- Lamentations 2:18 — Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and… 4 votes
- Lamentations 2:10–11 — The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their… 4 votes
Pointed to from (17)
- Psalms 126:5 — They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 14 votes
- Nehemiah 1:4 — And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and… 9 votes
- Ezekiel 3:15 — Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat,… 6 votes
- Isaiah 44:4 — And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. 4 votes
Psalms 137:2
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Points to (6)
- Ezekiel 26:13 — And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. 5 votes
- Isaiah 24:8 — The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 4 votes
- Revelation 18:22 — And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in… 3 votes
- Amos 8:10 — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth… 2 votes
- Psalms 81:2 — Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 2 votes
- Psalms 33:2 — Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 2 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Psalms 149:3 — Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. 4 votes
- Daniel 6:18 — Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought… 2 votes
- 1 Chronicles 23:30 — And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even; 2 votes
Psalms 137:3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
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- Luke 21:6 — As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon… 6 votes
- Micah 3:12 — Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain… 4 votes
- Lamentations 2:15–16 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,… 4 votes
- Psalms 9:14 — That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 4 votes
- Revelation 14:1–3 — And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand,… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 31:12–13 — Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the… 3 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- Jeremiah 8:21 — For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. 3 votes
- Zephaniah 3:18 — I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it… 2 votes
- Lamentations 3:14 — I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. 2 votes
- Lamentations 1:7 — Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had… 2 votes
Psalms 137:4
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Points to (6)
- Amos 8:3 — And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead… 6 votes
- Isaiah 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding… 6 votes
- Hosea 9:4 — They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices… 5 votes
- Lamentations 5:14–15 — The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. 4 votes
- Isaiah 49:21 — Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am… 1 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 1 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- 1 Samuel 4:13 — And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God.… 2 votes
Psalms 137:5
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Points to (11)
- Daniel 6:10–11 — Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 51:50 — Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come… 4 votes
- Zechariah 11:17 — Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his… 3 votes
- Isaiah 62:1 — For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness… 3 votes
- Psalms 122:5–9 — For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. 3 votes
- Psalms 84:10 — For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than… 3 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Jeremiah 51:50 — Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come… 5 votes
- Psalms 122:9 — Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. 4 votes
- Daniel 9:20 — And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting… 2 votes
- Psalms 102:14 — For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 2 votes
Psalms 137:6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Points to (10)
- Ezekiel 3:26 — And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them… 6 votes
- Psalms 22:15 — My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the… 5 votes
- Isaiah 41:17 — When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will… 4 votes
- Psalms 84:10 — For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than… 4 votes
- Job 29:10 — The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 4 votes
- Lamentations 4:4 — The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread,… 3 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Psalms 122:6 — Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 13 votes
- Isaiah 66:13 — As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 7 votes
- Job 29:10 — The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 6 votes
- Isaiah 66:10 — Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that… 5 votes
Psalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
Points to (15)
- Lamentations 4:21–22 — Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through… 10 votes
- Obadiah 1:10–14 — For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 7 votes
- Ezekiel 25:12–14 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and… 7 votes
- Jeremiah 49:7–22 — Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the… 7 votes
- Habakkuk 3:13 — Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst… 6 votes
- Amos 1:11 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment… 6 votes
Pointed to from (29)
- Isaiah 63:1 — Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel,… 10 votes
- Ezekiel 35:5 — Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of… 8 votes
- Genesis 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God… 8 votes
- Obadiah 1:11 — In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his… 6 votes
Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Points to (13)
- Revelation 18:6 — Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she… 12 votes
- Jeremiah 25:12–14 — And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and… 5 votes
- Isaiah 14:4–24 — That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the… 5 votes
- Revelation 14:8–11 — And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all… 4 votes
- Isaiah 47:1–15 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O… 4 votes
- Isaiah 21:1 — The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert,… 4 votes
Pointed to from (35)
- Revelation 18:6 — Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she… 8 votes
- Isaiah 47:1 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O… 7 votes
- Obadiah 1:15 — For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 30:16 — Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go… 6 votes
Psalms 137:9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Points to (5)
- Isaiah 13:16 — Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their… 13 votes
- Nahum 3:10 — Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top… 9 votes
- Hosea 13:16 — Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their… 9 votes
- Hosea 10:14 — Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled… 7 votes
- 2 Kings 8:12 — And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the… 7 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- Luke 19:44 — And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one… 5 votes
- Isaiah 13:12 — I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. 3 votes
- Jeremiah 48:4 — Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. 2 votes
- Jeremiah 51:3 — Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his… 1 votes