Psalms 97 cross-references
Psalms 97 has 12 verses, which point to 194 other passages and are cited by 181. 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 97 in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.
- שָׂמַח samach “to rejoice” 3
- גִּיל gil “to rejoice” 2
- צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 2
- צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 2
- סָבִיב saviv “around” 2
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 2
- לָהַט lahat “to kindle” 1
- עֲרָפֶל araphel “cloud” 1
- מָכוֹן makhon “foundation” 1
- אֱלִיל elil “idol” 1
- מָסַס masas “to melt” 1
- בָּרָק baraq “lightning” 1
People in Psalms 97
- Judah 1
Places in Psalms 97
- Zion 1
Psalms 97:1
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
Points to (25)
- Psalms 96:10–11 — Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved:… 12 votes
- Psalms 99:1 — The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. 8 votes
- Colossians 1:13 — Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 7 votes
- Psalms 98:4–6 — Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 6 votes
- Psalms 93:1 — The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded… 6 votes
- Revelation 11:17 — Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast… 5 votes
Pointed to from (15)
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that… 10 votes
- Psalms 2:11 — Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 9 votes
- Revelation 19:6 — And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of… 8 votes
- Psalms 99:1 — The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. 8 votes
Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Points to (15)
- Psalms 89:14 — Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 13 votes
- Exodus 19:9 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak… 10 votes
- Proverbs 16:12 — It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. 7 votes
- Hebrews 1:8–9 — But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre… 6 votes
- Nahum 1:3 — The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the LORD hath his way in the… 5 votes
- Psalms 99:4 — The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and… 5 votes
Pointed to from (34)
- Psalms 89:14 — Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 20 votes
- 1 Kings 8:12 — Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 13 votes
- Revelation 1:7 — Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds… 12 votes
- Romans 11:33 — O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and… 9 votes
Psalms 97:3
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Points to (16)
- Psalms 50:3 — Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very… 12 votes
- Hebrews 12:29 — For our God is a consuming fire. 10 votes
- Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly,… 9 votes
- Psalms 18:8 — There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 9 votes
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus… 8 votes
- Daniel 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten… 6 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Hebrews 12:29 — For our God is a consuming fire. 12 votes
- Isaiah 66:15 — For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with… 6 votes
- Revelation 20:9 — And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved… 5 votes
- Psalms 50:3 — Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very… 3 votes
Psalms 97:4
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
Points to (12)
- Revelation 11:19 — And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and… 7 votes
- Psalms 77:18 — The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. 7 votes
- Exodus 19:16–18 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall… 4 votes
- Psalms 104:32 — He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 4 votes
- Job 9:6 — Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 4 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Psalms 114:7 — Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 7 votes
- Psalms 99:1 — The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. 6 votes
- 2 Samuel 22:8 — Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 6 votes
- Psalms 104:32 — He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 5 votes
Psalms 97:5
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Points to (14)
- Nahum 1:5 — The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and… 16 votes
- Micah 1:3–4 — For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of… 14 votes
- Isaiah 24:19–20 — The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. 11 votes
- Isaiah 64:1–2 — Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at… 10 votes
- Habakkuk 3:6 — He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains… 9 votes
- Psalms 47:2 — For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 8 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- 2 Peter 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a… 7 votes
- Micah 1:4 — And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as… 6 votes
- Amos 9:13 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes… 6 votes
- Judges 5:5 — The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. 5 votes
Psalms 97:6
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Points to (18)
- Isaiah 66:18 — For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and… 8 votes
- Psalms 50:6 — And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. 7 votes
- Psalms 19:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth… 7 votes
- 2 Samuel 22:47 — The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 5 votes
- Revelation 19:2 — For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth… 4 votes
- Isaiah 45:6 — That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the… 4 votes
Pointed to from (9)
- Psalms 24:7 — Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 18 votes
- Psalms 50:6 — And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. 10 votes
- Psalms 89:5 — And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. 7 votes
- Romans 3:25 — Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the… 4 votes
Psalms 97:7
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
Points to (15)
- Jeremiah 10:14 — Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image… 9 votes
- Hebrews 1:6 — And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God… 7 votes
- Isaiah 42:17 — They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten… 6 votes
- Revelation 5:11–14 — And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and… 4 votes
- Leviticus 26:1 — Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up… 4 votes
- Isaiah 44:9–11 — They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they… 3 votes
Pointed to from (19)
- Jeremiah 10:14 — Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image… 48 votes
- Exodus 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that… 23 votes
- Hebrews 1:6 — And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God… 20 votes
- Psalms 16:4 — Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another their drink offerings of blood will I not offer,… 11 votes
Psalms 97:8
Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
Points to (11)
- Psalms 48:11 — Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 6 votes
- Revelation 18:20 — Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 5 votes
- Zechariah 9:9 — Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is… 4 votes
- Matthew 21:4–9 — All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 3 votes
- Isaiah 62:11 — Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy… 3 votes
- Isaiah 52:7–10 — How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that… 3 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Psalms 48:11 — Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 9 votes
- Isaiah 35:1 — The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as… 8 votes
- Psalms 119:164 — Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. 5 votes
- Revelation 15:4 — Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and… 4 votes
Psalms 97:9
For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
Points to (10)
- Psalms 95:3 — For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 7 votes
- Psalms 83:18 — That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. 6 votes
- Exodus 18:11 — Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above… 6 votes
- Philippians 2:9–11 — Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 5 votes
- Jeremiah 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall… 5 votes
- Psalms 135:5 — For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. 4 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Psalms 29:2 — Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 12 votes
- Psalms 95:3 — For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 11 votes
- Psalms 99:2 — The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. 10 votes
- Isaiah 57:15 — For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and… 9 votes
Psalms 97:10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Points to (36)
- Proverbs 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I… 25 votes
- Romans 12:9 — Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 19 votes
- Jeremiah 15:21 — And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. 16 votes
- Psalms 34:14 — Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 16 votes
- Psalms 145:20 — The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. 15 votes
- Amos 5:15 — Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts… 14 votes
Pointed to from (19)
- Proverbs 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I… 22 votes
- Psalms 31:23 — O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud… 17 votes
- Romans 12:9 — Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 14 votes
- Psalms 145:20 — The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. 13 votes
Psalms 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Points to (14)
- John 12:46 — I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 26 votes
- James 5:7–11 — Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious… 25 votes
- Proverbs 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 18 votes
- Isaiah 60:1–2 — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 16 votes
- Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy… 14 votes
- Psalms 112:4 — Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. 13 votes
Pointed to from (19)
- John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in… 39 votes
- Genesis 1:3 — And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 34 votes
- Isaiah 58:8 — Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy… 28 votes
- 1 John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of… 23 votes
Psalms 97:12
Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Points to (8)
- Psalms 30:4 — Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 14 votes
- Philippians 4:4 — Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 12 votes
- Psalms 32:11–33:1 — Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 11 votes
- Hebrews 12:10 — For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be… 6 votes
- Zephaniah 3:14–17 — Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 5 votes
- Habakkuk 3:17–18 — Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall… 5 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Habakkuk 3:18 — Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 11 votes
- Psalms 30:4 — Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 9 votes
- Psalms 70:4 — Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually,… 7 votes
- Psalms 32:11 — Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 7 votes