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Psalms 106:1¹Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:18 1 Chr 16:34 Ps 105:1 Ps 136:1 Jer 33:11 Ps 118:1 Ps 105:45 Ps 107:1 Ezra 3:11 Rom 5:20-21

Psalms 106:2²Who can adequately recount the Lord ’s mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 1:19 Rom 11:33 Ps 139:17-18 Ps 145:3-12 Eph 3:18 Job 26:14 Job 5:9 Neh 9:5 Ps 40:5

Psalms 106:3³How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 15:2 Jas 1:25 Gal 6:9 John 13:17 John 15:14 Deut 11:1 Mark 3:35 Ps 119:1-3 Ps 119:106 Ps 119:112

Psalms 106:4⁴Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people. Pay attention to me, when you deliver,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 119:132 Luke 23:42 Neh 13:14 Neh 13:31 Ps 25:7 Neh 13:22 Acts 15:14 Neh 5:19 Luke 1:68-69

Psalms 106:5⁵so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 15:16 Ps 105:43 Eph 1:18 Isa 12:6 Isa 66:10 Ps 1:3 Ps 105:6 Zech 9:9 Zeph 3:14 2 Thess 2:13

Psalms 106:6⁶We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 9:16 Ps 78:8 1 Kgs 8:47 Ezra 9:6-7 Neh 9:32-34 Dan 9:5-8 Lev 26:40 Acts 7:51-52 Jer 3:25 Matt 23:32

Psalms 106:7⁷Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds. They failed to remember your many acts of loyal love, and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 14:11-12 Ps 78:42 2 Thess 2:10-12 Prov 1:22 Ps 78:11 Deut 15:15 Deut 29:4 Deut 32:28-29 Eph 2:11 Isa 44:18

Psalms 106:8⁸Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 9:16 Ezek 20:9 Ezek 20:14 Ezek 20:22 Ezek 20:44 Jer 14:21 Rom 9:17 Dan 9:17-19 Deut 32:26-27 Exod 15:6

Psalms 106:9⁹He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 18:15 Isa 51:10 Isa 63:11-14 Nah 1:4 Ps 78:13 Exod 14:21-22 Exod 14:27-29 Neh 9:11 Ps 136:13-16 Ps 66:6

Psalms 106:10¹⁰He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 14:30 Ps 107:2 Mic 6:4 Job 6:22-23 Ps 136:24 Deut 11:4 Exod 15:13 Exod 15:9-10 Neh 9:11

Psalms 106:11¹¹The water covered their enemies; not even one of them survived.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 15:5 Exod 14:13 Exod 14:27-28 Ps 78:53 Exod 15:10 Exod 15:19

Psalms 106:12¹²They believed his promises; they sang praises to him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 14:31-15:21 John 8:30-31 Luke 8:13

Psalms 106:13¹³They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 78:11 Exod 15:24 Exod 16:2 Isa 48:17-18 Prov 1:25 Ps 107:11 Exod 17:2 Exod 17:7 Prov 1:30 Exod 15:17

Psalms 106:14¹⁴In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the wastelands.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:9 1 Cor 10:6 Exod 17:2 Num 11:4 Heb 3:8-10 Deut 9:22 Num 11:33-34 Num 14:22 Ps 78:18-20 Ps 78:30

Psalms 106:15¹⁵He granted their request, then struck them with a disease.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 11:31-34 Isa 10:16 Ps 78:29-31 Isa 24:16

Psalms 106:16¹⁶In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the Lord ’s holy priest.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 16:1-50 Lev 21:10-12 Exod 28:36 Lev 21:6-8

Psalms 106:17¹⁷The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 11:6 Num 16:29-33 Num 26:10

Psalms 106:18¹⁸Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 12:29 Num 16:35-40 Num 16:46

Psalms 106:19¹⁹They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 32:35 Exod 32:4-8 1 Cor 10:7 Acts 7:41 Deut 9:12-16 Deut 9:21 Deut 9:8 Neh 9:18

Psalms 106:20²⁰They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 2:11 Exod 20:4-5 Rom 1:22-23 Isa 40:18-25 Ps 89:17

Psalms 106:21²¹They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 78:42-51 Deut 32:17-18 Jer 2:32 Ps 106:13 Ps 78:11-12 Deut 10:21 Deut 4:34 Ps 135:9 Titus 3:4-6 Deut 6:22

Psalms 106:22²²amazing feats in the land of Ham, mighty acts by the Red Sea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 105:23 Ps 78:51 Exod 14:25-28 Exod 15:10 Ps 105:27-36

Psalms 106:23²³He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 9:13-14 Deut 9:25 Ezek 22:30 Jas 5:16 Exod 32:32 Ezek 13:5 Ezek 20:8 Matt 12:18 Num 16:5 Ps 105:6

Psalms 106:24²⁴They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 1:32 Ezek 20:6 Heb 3:18-19 Num 14:31 Heb 4:6 Deut 11:11-12 Deut 8:7-9 Heb 12:16 Heb 3:12 Heb 4:2

Psalms 106:25²⁵They grumbled in their tents; they did not obey the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 1:26-27 Heb 3:15 Heb 3:7-8 Num 14:22 Ps 95:7-9 Num 14:1-4 Num 14:27-29

Psalms 106:26²⁶So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the wilderness,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 20:15 Num 14:28-35 Heb 3:11 Ps 95:11 Deut 1:34-35 Exod 6:8 Heb 3:18 Deut 32:40-42 Gen 14:22-23 Rev 10:5-6

Psalms 106:27²⁷make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 26:33 Ps 44:11 Deut 28:64-65 Ezek 20:23 Deut 28:37 Deut 32:26-27 Deut 4:26-27

Psalms 106:28²⁸They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 9:10 Num 25:1-3 Num 25:5 1 Cor 10:19-20 Deut 4:3 Jer 10:8-10 Deut 32:17 Rev 2:14 Josh 22:17 Num 31:16

Psalms 106:29²⁹They made the Lord angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:8 Deut 32:16-21 Eccl 7:29 Num 25:9 Ps 106:39 Ps 99:8 Rom 1:21-24

Psalms 106:30³⁰Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 25:6-8 Josh 7:12 Num 25:14-15 1 Kgs 18:40-41 Deut 13:9-11 Jonah 1:12-15 Deut 13:15-17

Psalms 106:31³¹This was credited to Phinehas as a righteous act for all generations to come.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 25:11-13 Deut 24:13 Gen 15:6 Mark 14:3-9

Psalms 106:32³²They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 20:2-13 Deut 1:37 Deut 4:21 Num 20:23-24 Ps 81:7 Deut 3:26 Num 27:13-14 Ps 78:40

Psalms 106:33³³for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 20:10-11 Jas 3:2 Ps 107:11 Ps 39:1 Ps 78:40 Job 2:10 Ps 141:3 Gen 30:1 Gen 35:16-18 Job 38:2

Psalms 106:34³⁴They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them to do.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 7:2 Deut 7:16 Judg 1:21 Josh 23:12-13 1 Sam 15:22-23 Matt 17:19-20 Num 33:55-56 1 Sam 15:3 Deut 20:16-17 Deut 7:23-24

Psalms 106:35³⁵They mixed in with the nations and learned their ways.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 3:5-6 1 Cor 15:33 1 Cor 5:6 Judg 1:27-36 Judg 2:2-3 Isa 2:6 Josh 15:63

Psalms 106:36³⁶They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 7:16 Judg 2:3 Exod 23:33 Judg 2:12-15 Ps 78:58 2 Chr 33:2-9 2 Kgs 17:16-17 2 Kgs 17:8-11 Exod 34:15-16 Ezek 16:15-63

Psalms 106:37³⁷They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 16:3 2 Kgs 17:17 Deut 32:17 Jer 7:31 Deut 12:30-31 Ezek 23:37 1 Cor 10:20 2 Kgs 21:6 Deut 18:10 Ezek 16:20-21

Psalms 106:38³⁸They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 35:33 2 Kgs 21:16 Deut 21:9 Isa 26:21 2 Kgs 24:4 Ezek 22:3 Ezek 7:23 Isa 1:15 Isa 24:5 Jer 2:34

Psalms 106:39³⁹They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 20:18 Lev 17:7 Num 15:39 Ezek 20:30-31 Ezek 20:43 Hos 9:1 Isa 24:5-6 Isa 59:3 Rev 17:1-6 Exod 34:16

Psalms 106:40⁴⁰So the Lord was angry with his people and despised the people who belonged to him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 2:14 Deut 9:29 Deut 32:19 Judg 2:20 Judg 3:8 Lam 2:7 Lev 20:23 Neh 9:27-38 Ps 74:1 Zech 11:8

Psalms 106:41⁴¹He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 2:14 Neh 9:27-38 Judg 3:12 Judg 3:8 Judg 4:1-2 Deut 28:25 Deut 28:29 Deut 28:33 Deut 28:48 Deut 32:30

Psalms 106:42⁴²Their enemies oppressed them; they were subject to their authority.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 10:12 Judg 4:3

Psalms 106:43⁴³Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 2:16-18 Ps 81:12 Ps 1:1 1 Sam 12:9-11 Ps 106:29 1 Sam 13:19 Judg 5:8 Judg 6:5

Psalms 106:44⁴⁴Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 3:9 Judg 4:3 1 Sam 7:8-12 2 Kgs 14:26-27 Judg 10:10-16 Judg 2:18 Judg 6:6-10 Neh 9:27-38

Psalms 106:45⁴⁵He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 105:8 2 Kgs 13:23 Exod 32:14 Judg 2:18 Lam 3:32 Isa 63:7 Lev 26:40-42 Luke 1:71-72 Ps 51:1 Ps 69:16

Psalms 106:46⁴⁶He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 9:9 Jer 42:12 1 Kgs 8:50 Jer 15:11 Neh 1:11 2 Chr 30:9

Psalms 106:47⁴⁷Deliver us, O Lord, our God. Gather us from among the nations. Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 16:35-36 2 Cor 2:14 Rev 7:10-12 Ezek 36:24-28 Ps 107:1-3 Ps 14:7 Ezek 37:21-28 Ezek 39:25-29 Jer 32:37-41 Ps 126:1

Psalms 106:48⁴⁸The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, in the future and forevermore. Let all the people say, “We agree! Praise the Lord!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 41:13 Ps 89:52 1 Chr 29:10 Ps 105:45-106:1 Ps 72:18-19 1 Cor 14:16

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