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Psalms 55:23
Psalms 55:23 is verse 23 of Psalms chapter 55, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
King James Version
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
World English Bible
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.
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Psalms 55:21–23 · Berean Standard Bible
21 His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
Psalms 59:12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
Psalms 59:13Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
Proverbs 15:11Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
Proverbs 27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
2 Samuel 20:9“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
2 Samuel 20:10Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
1 Kings 2:5Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
1 Kings 2:6So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
Job 15:32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
Proverbs 10:27The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Matthew 27:4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
Matthew 27:5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.