Psalm 137:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I don't think about you above all else.

Cross References

Job 31:22

I hope that arm will fall from its socket.

Psalm 22:15

My strength has dried up like a broken clay pot, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You, God, have left me to die in the dust.

Psalm 84:10

One day in your temple is better than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather serve in your house, than live in the homes of the wicked.

Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy are dying of thirst and cannot find water, I, the LORD God of Israel, will come to their rescue. I won't forget them.

Lamentations 4:4

Babies are so thirsty that their tongues are stuck to the roof of the mouth. Children go begging for food, but no one gives them any.

Ezekiel 3:26

and I will make you unable to talk or to warn those who have rebelled against me.

Matthew 6:33

But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.

Acts 20:24

But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And that work is to tell the good news about God's great kindness.

Philippians 1:20

I honestly expect and hope that I will never do anything to be ashamed of. Whether I live or die, I always want to be as brave as I am now and bring honour to Christ.