Psalms 12:1

Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 12

“Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.”Psalms 12:1

What Does Psalms 12:1 Mean?

Psalms 12:1 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 12, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Psalms 12:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Isaiah 57:1“The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.”Jeremiah 5:1“Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.”Matthew 24:12“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”Isaiah 59:13“In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”Isaiah 1:21“How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.”Psalms 6:1“O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.”Isaiah 63:5“And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.”Micah 7:2“The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.”Genesis 6:12“And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.”Proverbs 20:6“Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?”Micah 7:1“Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.”1 Chronicles 15:21“And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.”Psalms 6:4“Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.”Ecclesiastes 7:28“Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.”Isaiah 1:9“Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.”Matthew 8:25“And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.”Psalms 3:7“Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.”Psalms 54:1“Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.”Matthew 14:30“But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.”2 Peter 2:9“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:”

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