Psalm 118:12

Good News Translation

They swarmed around me like bees, but they burned out as quickly as a brush fire; by the power of the Lord I destroyed them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:6

But godless people are like thorns that are thrown away; no one can touch them barehanded.

Psalm 20:1

May the Lord answer you when you are in trouble! May the God of Jacob protect you!

Psalm 20:5

Then we will shout for joy over your victory and celebrate your triumph by praising our God. May the Lord answer all your requests.

Psalm 58:9

Before they know it, they are cut down like weeds; in his fierce anger God will blow them away while they are still living.

Psalm 8:9

O Lord, our Lord, your greatness is seen in all the world!

Ecclesiastes 7:6

When a fool laughs, it is like thorns crackling in a fire. It doesn't mean a thing.

Isaiah 27:4

I am no longer angry with the vineyard. If there were thorns and briers to fight against, I would burn them up completely.

Isaiah 33:12

You will crumble like rocks burned to make lime, like thorns burned to ashes.

Nahum 1:10

Like tangled thorns and dry straw you drunkards will be burned up!

Deuteronomy 1:44

Then the Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased you as far as Hormah and defeated you there in the hill country of Edom.

1 Samuel 17:45

David answered, “You are coming against me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the Israelite armies, which you have defied.