Psalm 62:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

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

2 Samuel 15:6

Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Kings 19:14

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

Psalm 116:11

I said in my consternation, “Men are all a vain hope.”

Psalm 118:9

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

Psalm 142:3

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

Psalm 39:11

When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! Selah

Psalm 39:5

Behold, thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely every man stands as a mere breath! Selah

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 as a portent to many; but thou art my strong refuge.

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

Isaiah 40:15

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

Isaiah 40:17

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

Daniel 5:27

TEKEL, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;

Matthew 21:9

And the crowds that went before him and that followed him shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

John 19:15

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

Romans 3:4

By no means! Let God be true though every man be false, as it is written, “That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and prevail when thou art judged.”

1 Samuel 1:15

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

1 Samuel 18:5

And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him; so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

1 Samuel 18:7

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

1 Samuel 23:12

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