Psalms 38:4

Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 38

“For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”Psalms 38:4

What Does Psalms 38:4 Mean?

Psalms 38:4 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 38, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (18)

These passages are connected to Psalms 38:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Matthew 11:28“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”Psalms 40:12“For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.”Ezra 9:6“And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.”Psalms 65:3“Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.”1 Peter 2:24“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”Lamentations 1:14“The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.”Matthew 18:24“And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.”Leviticus 7:18“And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.”Numbers 15:31“Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.”Isaiah 53:11“He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.”2 Timothy 3:6“For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,”Leviticus 5:1“And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.”Leviticus 22:16“Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.”Numbers 14:34“After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.”Psalms 49:5“Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?”Isaiah 24:20“The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.”Ezekiel 44:10“And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.”Zechariah 5:8“And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.”

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