Psalm 118:12

New English Translation

They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:6

But evil people are like thorns – all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.

Psalm 20:1

May the Lord answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure!

Psalm 20:5

Then we will shout for joy over your victory; we will rejoice in the name of our God! May the Lord grant all your requests!

Psalm 58:9

Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

Psalm 8:9

O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!

Ecclesiastes 7:6

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

Isaiah 27:4

I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,

Isaiah 33:12

The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.

Nahum 1:10

Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.

Deuteronomy 1:44

The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.

1 Samuel 17:45

But David replied to the Philistine, “You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied!