Psalms 12:8

Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 12

“The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.”Psalms 12:8

What Does Psalms 12:8 Mean?

Psalms 12:8 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 12, verse 8 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 12:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Psalms 55:10“Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.”Proverbs 29:12“If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.”Ecclesiastes 10:6“Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.”Mark 14:63“Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?”Proverbs 26:1“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.”Isaiah 32:4“The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.”Hosea 5:11“Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.”Judges 9:18“And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)”2 Kings 11:3“And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.”2 Kings 21:9“But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.”2 Chronicles 22:12“And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.”Esther 3:1“After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.”Esther 3:6“And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.”Job 22:8“But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.”Job 34:30“That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.”Jeremiah 26:22“And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.”Daniel 11:21“And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.”Micah 6:16“For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.”Job 30:8“They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.”Daniel 4:17“This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.”

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