Psalm 2:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² kiss his feet, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way; for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, When his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Kiss the Son [pay homage to Him in purity], lest He be angry and you perish in the way, for soon shall His wrath be kindled. O blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are all those who seek refuge and put their trust in Him!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.

Common English Bible

¹² kiss his feet or else he will become angry, and your way will be destroyed because his anger ignites in an instant. But all who take refuge in the LORD are truly happy!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way:

Psalm 2:12 Cross References

Genesis 41:40

you shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command; only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.”

1 Kings 19:18

Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

Psalm 1:6

for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 109:20

May this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, of those who speak evil against my life!

Psalm 2:5

Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,

Psalm 2:7

I will tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are my son, today I have begotten you.

Psalm 31:20

In the covert of thy presence thou hidest them from the plots of men; thou holdest them safe under thy shelter from the strife of tongues.

Psalm 34:8

O taste and see that the Lord is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!

Psalm 34:9

O fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no want!

Psalm 40:4

Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods!

Psalm 84:12

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee!

Proverbs 16:20

He who gives heed to the word will prosper, and happy is he who trusts in the Lord.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

Jeremiah 17:7

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves molten images, idols skilfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. Sacrifice to these, they say. Men kiss calves!

Zephaniah 2:2

before you are driven away like the drifting chaff, before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord, before there comes upon you the day of the wrath of the Lord.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.

John 5:23

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Romans 10:11

The scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.”

Romans 9:33

as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

Ephesians 1:12

we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory.

1 Peter 1:21

Through him you have confidence in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 Peter 2:6

For it stands in scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their enemies round about. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.