Psalms 39 cross-references
Psalms 39 has 13 verses, which point to 149 other passages and are cited by 196. 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 39 in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.
- הֶבֶל hevel “vanity” 3
- אַךְ akh “surely” 3
- סֶלָה selah “Selah” 2
- לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 2
- נֶגֶד neged “before” 2
- פֶּה peh “lip” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 2
- אַל al “not” 2
- מָה mah “what?” 2
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2
- אֲנִי ani “I” 2
- יָדַע yada “to know” 2
People in Psalms 39
Psalms 39:1
[To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Points to (21)
- Proverbs 21:23 — Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. 38 votes
- Psalms 141:3 — Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 29 votes
- James 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this… 24 votes
- Psalms 119:9 — Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 20 votes
- Micah 7:5–6 — Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth… 19 votes
- Psalms 34:13 — Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 19 votes
Pointed to from (22)
- Proverbs 13:3 — He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 31 votes
- Psalms 141:3 — Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 30 votes
- Psalms 17:3 — Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I… 13 votes
- James 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this… 11 votes
Psalms 39:2
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Points to (6)
- Acts 4:20 — For we can not but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 4 votes
- Matthew 27:12–14 — And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 4 votes
- Isaiah 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the… 3 votes
- Psalms 38:13–14 — But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 3 votes
- Matthew 7:6 — Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them… 2 votes
- Job 32:19–20 — Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 2 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Acts 8:32 — The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb… 18 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 4 votes
- Psalms 38:13 — But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 4 votes
- Jeremiah 8:14 — Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent… 2 votes
Psalms 39:3
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
Points to (3)
- Jeremiah 20:9 — Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart… 9 votes
- Luke 24:32 — And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while… 7 votes
- Ezekiel 3:14 — So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the… 5 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Jeremiah 20:9 — Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart… 42 votes
- Luke 24:32 — And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while… 11 votes
- Job 32:18 — For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 6 votes
- Job 7:11 — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the… 3 votes
Psalms 39:4
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Points to (4)
- Psalms 90:12 — So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 28 votes
- Psalms 103:14 — For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. 13 votes
- Psalms 119:84 — How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? 10 votes
- Job 14:13 — O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that… 9 votes
Pointed to from (5)
- Psalms 90:12 — So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 76 votes
- Job 14:5 — Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that… 22 votes
- Job 7:1 — Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? 7 votes
- 1 Corinthians 7:29 — But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they… 4 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 his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Points to (15)
- Psalms 144:4 — Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 10 votes
- Psalms 89:47 — Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? 10 votes
- Psalms 90:9–10 — For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 9 votes
- Psalms 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are… 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 — Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and,… 7 votes
- Psalms 39:11 — When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:… 7 votes
Pointed to from (29)
- James 4:14 — Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth… 28 votes
- Psalms 90:4 — For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 17 votes
- Psalms 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are… 12 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 11 votes
Psalms 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Points to (24)
- Luke 12:20–21 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those… 8 votes
- James 4:14 — Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth… 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:26 — For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth… 7 votes
- 1 Corinthians 7:31 — And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole… 6 votes
- Psalms 127:2 — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his… 6 votes
Pointed to from (30)
- Matthew 6:19 — Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break… 21 votes
- Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those… 11 votes
- 1 Peter 1:18 — Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain… 7 votes
- Psalms 49:10 — For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to… 7 votes
Psalms 39:7
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
Points to (8)
- Romans 15:13 — Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the… 23 votes
- Psalms 38:15 — For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 20 votes
- Psalms 119:81 — My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 15 votes
- Genesis 49:18 — I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. 12 votes
- Psalms 119:166 — LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. 11 votes
- Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. 11 votes
Pointed to from (8)
- Lamentations 3:25 — The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 14 votes
- Isaiah 8:17 — And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. 14 votes
- Psalms 71:5 — For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. 11 votes
- Psalms 38:15 — For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 9 votes
Psalms 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Points to (18)
- Psalms 51:14 — Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy… 5 votes
- Psalms 44:13 — Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 5 votes
- Micah 7:19 — He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all… 4 votes
- Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy… 4 votes
- Joel 2:19 — Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye… 3 votes
- Psalms 130:8 — And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 3 votes
Pointed to from (5)
- Psalms 119:22 — Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. 8 votes
- Psalms 74:18 — Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 5 votes
- Psalms 119:39 — Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. 3 votes
- Jeremiah 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock… 2 votes
Psalms 39:9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Points to (8)
- Job 2:10 — But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the… 8 votes
- 1 Samuel 3:18 — And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what… 5 votes
- Daniel 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army… 4 votes
- Job 40:4–5 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 4 votes
- Job 1:21 — And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD… 4 votes
- 2 Samuel 16:10 — And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath… 4 votes
Pointed to from (25)
- Acts 8:32 — The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb… 19 votes
- Ezekiel 16:63 — That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I… 10 votes
- Job 1:21 — And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD… 8 votes
- Psalms 38:13 — But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 5 votes
Psalms 39:10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Points to (7)
- Job 9:34 — Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: 8 votes
- Job 13:21 — Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. 6 votes
- Psalms 38:3–4 — There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my… 4 votes
- Psalms 32:4 — For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 4 votes
- Psalms 25:16–17 — Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. 4 votes
- Job 40:8 — Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? 2 votes
Pointed to from (11)
- Psalms 32:4 — For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5 votes
- Job 9:34 — Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: 5 votes
- Jeremiah 14:17 — Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them… 3 votes
- Job 36:18 — Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver… 3 votes
Psalms 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Points to (13)
- Job 13:28 — And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. 7 votes
- Hebrews 12:6 — For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 6 votes
- Isaiah 50:9 — Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment;… 6 votes
- Revelation 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 5 votes
- 1 Corinthians 11:30–32 — For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 5 votes
- 1 Corinthians 5:5 — To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day… 3 votes
Pointed to from (19)
- Revelation 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 7 votes
- Psalms 80:16 — It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 7 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… 7 votes
- Psalms 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are… 6 votes
Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Points to (16)
- 1 Peter 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the… 14 votes
- Hebrews 11:13 — These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded… 12 votes
- 2 Kings 20:5 — Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I… 10 votes
- Leviticus 25:23 — The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 10 votes
- Psalms 119:19 — I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 9 votes
- Psalms 116:3 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. 9 votes
Pointed to from (22)
- Psalms 56:8 — Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? 26 votes
- 2 Kings 20:5 — Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I… 20 votes
- Psalms 119:19 — I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 14 votes
- Hebrews 11:13 — These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded… 13 votes
Psalms 39:13
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Points to (6)
- Job 14:10–12 — But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 6 votes
- Job 14:5–6 — Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that… 6 votes
- Job 10:20–21 — Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 6 votes
- Job 7:19 — How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 5 votes
- Genesis 42:36 — And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take… 4 votes
- Genesis 5:24 — And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 4 votes
Pointed to from (8)
- Job 14:6 — Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. 6 votes
- Psalms 102:24 — I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. 5 votes
- Job 10:20 — Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 5 votes
- Job 7:16 — I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. 3 votes