Bible Verses About Quotations and Allusions

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?