Psalm 125:3

The English Standar Version

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.

Cross References

Psalm 103:14

For he knows our frame;[1] he remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 103:9

He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.

Psalm 55:20

My companion[2] stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant.

Psalm 89:22

The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him.

Proverbs 22:8

Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.

Isaiah 10:5

Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!

Isaiah 27:8

Measure by measure,[3] by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath[4] in the day of the east wind.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you.[3] I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.'