Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
Bible References
A stranger
Psalm 39:12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident like all my fathers.
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident like all my fathers.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
2 Corinthians 5:6
So, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith without having received the promises, but they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.
1 Peter 2:11
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you.
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Psalm 119:10 I have sought You with all my heart;
don’t let me wander from Your commands.
don’t let me wander from Your commands.
Job 39:17 For God has deprived her of wisdom;
He has not endowed her with understanding.
He has not endowed her with understanding.
Isaiah 63:17 Why, Yahweh, do You make us stray from Your ways?
You harden our hearts so we do not fear You.
Return, because of Your servants,
the tribes of Your heritage.
You harden our hearts so we do not fear
Return, because of Your servants,
the tribes of Your heritage.
Luke 9:45
But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
Luke 24:45
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.