Psalms 119:37
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 119
“Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.”Psalms 119:37
What Does Psalms 119:37 Mean?
Psalms 119:37 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 119, verse 37 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Humility.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 119:37 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 4:25“Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.”1 John 2:16“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”Job 31:1“I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”Psalms 101:3“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.”Isaiah 33:15“He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;”Proverbs 30:8“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:”Numbers 15:39“And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:”Proverbs 23:5“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.”Matthew 5:28“But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”Psalms 119:40“Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.”Psalms 71:20“Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.”2 Samuel 11:2“And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.”Joshua 7:21“When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.”Psalms 119:25“My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.”Psalms 119:29“Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.”Romans 7:21“I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.”Mark 9:47“And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:”Proverbs 23:31“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.”Ecclesiastes 2:10“And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.”Judges 14:1“And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.”
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