Psalms 144 cross-references
Psalms 144 has 15 verses, which point to 149 other passages and are cited by 155. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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Words characteristic of Psalms 144 in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.
- פָּצָה patsah “to open” 3
- נֵכָר nekhar “foreign” 2
- שָׁוְא shav “vanity” 2
- שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 2
- יָמִין yamin “right” 2
- נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 2
- פֶּה peh “lip” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 2
- שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 2
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 2
People in Psalms 144
- David 2
Psalms 144:1
[A Psalm of David.] Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Points to (13)
- Psalms 18:34 — He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 30 votes
- Psalms 18:2 — The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my… 26 votes
- 2 Samuel 22:35 — He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 26 votes
- Psalms 44:3–4 — For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy… 22 votes
- Ephesians 6:10–11 — Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 18 votes
- 2 Corinthians 10:4 — (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 17 votes
Pointed to from (23)
- Deuteronomy 8:18 — But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may… 46 votes
- Psalms 138:7 — Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the… 17 votes
- Psalms 18:34 — He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 16 votes
- Psalms 18:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this… 9 votes
Psalms 144:2
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Points to (9)
- 2 Samuel 22:2–3 — And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 11 votes
- Psalms 91:2 — I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 9 votes
- Psalms 18:2 — The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my… 9 votes
- Psalms 59:9 — Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. 7 votes
- Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto… 4 votes
- Psalms 84:9 — Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 4 votes
Pointed to from (11)
- Proverbs 18:10 — The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. 58 votes
- Psalms 18:2 — The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my… 55 votes
- Proverbs 30:5 — Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. 15 votes
- 2 Samuel 22:3 — The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my… 6 votes
Psalms 144:3
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Points to (5)
- Psalms 8:4 — What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 18 votes
- Job 7:17 — What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 15 votes
- Hebrews 2:6 — But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man,… 10 votes
- Psalms 146:3–4 — Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 6 votes
- Job 15:14 — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 6 votes
Pointed to from (8)
- Psalms 8:4 — What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 68 votes
- Hebrews 2:6 — But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man,… 30 votes
- Isaiah 2:22 — Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? 12 votes
- Job 7:17 — What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 11 votes
Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Points to (16)
- Psalms 102:11 — My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. 7 votes
- Psalms 109:23 — I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 5 votes
- Psalms 39:5–6 — Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at… 5 votes
- Job 8:9 — (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 12:8 — Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 3 votes
- 2 Samuel 14:14 — For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth… 3 votes
Pointed to from (15)
- Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 27 votes
- Revelation 21:4 — And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor… 20 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 17 votes
- Psalms 39:5 — Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at… 10 votes
Psalms 144:5
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Points to (7)
- Psalms 104:32 — He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 6 votes
- Psalms 18:9 — He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. 6 votes
- Habakkuk 3:3–6 — God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth… 3 votes
- Exodus 19:18 — And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof… 3 votes
- Hebrews 12:18 — For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and… 2 votes
- Nahum 1:3–6 — The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the LORD hath his way in the… 2 votes
Pointed to from (17)
- Psalms 57:3 — He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall… 11 votes
- Habakkuk 3:11 — The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining… 6 votes
- Isaiah 64:1 — Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at… 6 votes
- Psalms 115:16 — The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 6 votes
Psalms 144:6
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Points to (8)
- Deuteronomy 32:23 — I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 6 votes
- Psalms 18:13–14 — The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. 5 votes
- Deuteronomy 32:42 — I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the… 4 votes
- Psalms 45:5 — Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 3 votes
- Psalms 21:12 — Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings… 3 votes
- Psalms 7:12–13 — If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 3 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- Psalms 18:14 — Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. 6 votes
- Psalms 89:10 — Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. 3 votes
- Psalms 5:10 — Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their… 3 votes
- Psalms 77:17 — The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. 2 votes
Psalms 144:7
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Points to (13)
- Psalms 69:1–2 — [To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my… 5 votes
- Psalms 18:16 — He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 5 votes
- Revelation 17:15 — And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and… 4 votes
- Psalms 54:3 — For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them.… 4 votes
- Revelation 12:15–16 — And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried… 3 votes
- Matthew 27:43 — He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 3 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- 2 Samuel 22:17 — He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; 11 votes
- Psalms 18:16 — He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 9 votes
- Psalms 69:14 — Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the… 8 votes
- Psalms 144:11 — Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand… 6 votes
Psalms 144:8
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Points to (13)
- Psalms 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 6 votes
- Isaiah 44:20 — He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is… 4 votes
- Psalms 62:4 — They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth,… 4 votes
- Psalms 41:6 — And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad,… 4 votes
- Revelation 13:16–17 — And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right… 2 votes
- Matthew 5:30 — And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one… 2 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Isaiah 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will… 49 votes
- Psalms 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 6 votes
- Psalms 10:7 — His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 2 votes
Psalms 144:9
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Points to (10)
- Psalms 33:2–3 — Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 6 votes
- Psalms 40:3 — And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall… 5 votes
- Psalms 150:3–5 — Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 votes
- Psalms 149:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. 4 votes
- Psalms 81:1–3 — [To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.] Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise… 4 votes
- Psalms 108:2–3 — Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 3 votes
Pointed to from (8)
- Revelation 5:9 — And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou… 6 votes
- Psalms 149:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. 6 votes
- Psalms 40:3 — And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall… 6 votes
- Psalms 33:2 — Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 6 votes
Psalms 144:10
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Points to (10)
- Psalms 18:50 — Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for… 7 votes
- Psalms 140:7 — O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 6 votes
- Psalms 33:16–18 — There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 5 votes
- Isaiah 45:1–6 — Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him;… 2 votes
- 2 Samuel 21:16–17 — And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels… 2 votes
- 2 Samuel 8:6–14 — Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts.… 2 votes
Pointed to from (16)
- Proverbs 21:31 — The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. 11 votes
- Psalms 18:50 — Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for… 9 votes
- Psalms 18:29 — For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 8 votes
- Hebrews 11:34 — Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant… 5 votes
Psalms 144:11
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
Points to (6)
- Psalms 144:7–8 — Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; 6 votes
- Isaiah 44:20 — He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is… 4 votes
- Psalms 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 votes
- 2 Samuel 17:1–14 — Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue… 2 votes
- 2 Samuel 16:5–14 — And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose… 2 votes
- 2 Samuel 10:6–19 — And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the… 2 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Isaiah 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will… 123 votes
- Nehemiah 9:2 — And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the… 4 votes
- Hosea 5:7 — They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month… 3 votes
- Psalms 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 votes
Psalms 144:12
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
Points to (10)
- Psalms 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about… 14 votes
- 1 Peter 3:3–6 — Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of… 9 votes
- Isaiah 44:3–5 — For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon… 9 votes
- Psalms 115:14–15 — The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 8 votes
- Job 42:15 — And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them… 7 votes
- Song of Solomon 8:8–9 — We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall… 5 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Psalms 147:13 — For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. 20 votes
- Deuteronomy 28:3 — Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 13 votes
- Psalms 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about… 11 votes
- Job 42:15 — And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them… 6 votes
Psalms 144:13
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Points to (10)
- Deuteronomy 7:13–14 — And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the… 7 votes
- Deuteronomy 28:8 — The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand… 6 votes
- Deuteronomy 28:4 — Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the… 5 votes
- Leviticus 26:10 — And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 5 votes
- Luke 12:16–20 — And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 4 votes
- Malachi 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith,… 4 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Job 42:12 — So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and… 14 votes
- Exodus 23:26 — There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. 13 votes
- Psalms 107:38 — He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 8 votes
- Deuteronomy 28:8 — The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand… 5 votes
Psalms 144:14
That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
Points to (13)
- Zechariah 8:3–5 — Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall… 4 votes
- Deuteronomy 28:7 — The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come… 3 votes
- Lamentations 1:4–6 — The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 14:18 — If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 14:2 — Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 13:17–19 — But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore,… 2 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Job 39:11 — Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 2 votes
Psalms 144:15
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
Points to (6)
- Psalms 33:12 — Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 17 votes
- Ephesians 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in… 12 votes
- Psalms 146:5 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: 12 votes
- Deuteronomy 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who… 10 votes
- Psalms 65:4 — Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we… 7 votes
- Psalms 89:15 — Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. 3 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor… 39 votes
- Psalms 33:12 — Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 26 votes
- Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try… 16 votes
- Psalms 146:5 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: 14 votes