Psalm 62:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

Cross References

Psalm 39:5

You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight. Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

Isaiah 40:15

Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket and are accounted as dust on the scales; see, he takes up the isles like fine dust.

Psalm 118:9

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

Psalm 39:11

“You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah

Romans 3:4

By no means! Although every human is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written, “So that you may be justified in your words and you will prevail when you go to trial.”

Psalm 116:11

I said in my consternation, “Everyone is a liar.”

2 Samuel 15:31

David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

2 Samuel 15:6

Thus Absalom did to every Israelite who came to the king for judgment, so Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.

1 Samuel 23:12

Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” The Lord said, “They will surrender you.”

1 Samuel 18:5

David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him; as a result, Saul set him over the army. And all the people, even the servants of Saul, approved.

John 19:15

They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”

Matthew 21:9

The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

Daniel 5:27

tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;

1 Samuel 18:7

And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has killed his thousands and David his ten thousands.”

1 Samuel 1:15

But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.

2 Kings 19:14

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; then Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord.

Psalm 46:2

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea,

Psalm 71:7

I have been like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit is faint, you know my way. In the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock.