Psalms 42:2
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 42
“My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?”Psalms 42:2
What Does Psalms 42:2 Mean?
Psalms 42:2 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 42, verse 2 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 42:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 63:1“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;”John 7:37“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.”Psalms 84:10“For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.”Psalms 27:4“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.”Matthew 16:16“And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”Revelation 22:1“And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.”Psalms 36:8“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.”Psalms 84:2“My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.”Psalms 84:7“They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.”Psalms 84:4“Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.”Job 23:3“Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!”Psalms 43:4“Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.”Jeremiah 2:13“For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”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 tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.”1 Thessalonians 1:9“For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;”Exodus 23:17“Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God.”Zephaniah 3:18“I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.”John 5:26“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;”2 Corinthians 3:3“Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.”Joshua 3:10“And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.”
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