Psalms 55:9
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 55
“Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.”Psalms 55:9
What Does Psalms 55:9 Mean?
Psalms 55:9 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 55, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Psalms 55:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 11:7“Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”Habakkuk 1:3“Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.”Jeremiah 6:7“As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.”2 Samuel 22:3“The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.”Genesis 6:11“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”2 Samuel 15:31“And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”Psalms 56:7“Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.”Acts 23:6“But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.”Acts 23:7“And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.”2 Samuel 17:1“Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:”Psalms 26:10“In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.”Ecclesiastes 5:8“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.”Jeremiah 23:14“I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.”Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”John 7:45“Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?”Acts 21:35“And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.”Acts 2:3“And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.”
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