Psalms 118:18 Cross References

Psalms 118:18

18: The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not handed me over to death.

We are well known, but we are treated as unknown. We live close to death, but here we are, still alive. We have been beaten within an inch of our lives.

But when we are judged and disciplined by the Lord, we will not be condemned with the world.

"But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the chastening of the Almighty when you sin.
For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, but his hands also heal.

He whispers in their ear and terrifies them with his warning.
He causes them to change their minds; he keeps them from pride.
He keeps them from the grave, from crossing over the river of death.
Or God disciplines people with sickness and pain, with ceaseless aching in their bones.
They lose their appetite and do not care for even the most delicious food.

I sank down to the very roots of the mountains. I was locked out of life and imprisoned in the land of the dead. But you, O LORD my God, have snatched me from the yawning jaws of death!

From this time on, the sword will be a constant threat to your family, because you have despised me by taking Uriah's wife to be your own.

David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. And Amnon, her half brother, fell desperately in love with her.
Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible that he could ever fulfill his love for her.
Now Amnon had a very crafty friend--his cousin Jonadab. He was the son of David's brother Shimea.
One day Jonadab said to Amnon, "What's the trouble? Why should the son of a king look so dejected morning after morning?" So Amnon told him, "I am in love with Tamar, Absalom's sister."
"Well," Jonadab said, "I'll tell you what to do. Go back to bed and pretend you are sick. When your father comes to see you, ask him to let Tamar come and prepare some food for you. Tell him you'll feel better if she feeds you."

In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we learned not to rely on ourselves, but on God who can raise the dead.
And he did deliver us from mortal danger. And we are confident that he will continue to deliver us.
He will rescue us because you are helping by praying for us. As a result, many will give thanks to God because so many people's prayers for our safety have been answered.

Happy are those whom you discipline, LORD, and those whom you teach from your law.
You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug for the wicked.

For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God's discipline is always right and good for us because it means we will share in his holiness.
No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening--it is painful! But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.

You have tested us, O God; you have purified us like silver melted in a crucible.
You captured us in your net and laid the burden of slavery on our backs.
You sent troops to ride across our broken bodies. We went through fire and flood. But you brought us to a place of great abundance.

My child, don't ignore it when the LORD disciplines you, and don't be discouraged when he corrects you.
For the LORD corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.

David was just past the top of the hill when Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, caught up with him. He was leading two donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred bunches of summer fruit, and a skin of wine.
"What are these for?" the king asked Ziba. And Ziba replied, "The donkeys are for your people to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat. The wine is to be taken with you into the wilderness for those who become faint."
"And where is Mephibosheth?" the king asked him. "He stayed in Jerusalem," Ziba replied. "He said, `Today I will get back the kingdom of my grandfather Saul.'"
"In that case," the king told Ziba, "I give you everything Mephibosheth owns.Thank you, sir," Ziba replied. "I will always do whatever you want me to do."
As David and his party passed Bahurim, a man came out of the village cursing them. It was Shimei son of Gera, a member of Saul's family.

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