Psalm 119:118
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Cross-reference
Psalm 119:10 echoes the same concern — the psalmist prays not to wander from God's commands, the very thing that leads to rejection in v118.
Psalm 119:21 similarly describes the proud who err from God's commandments receiving rebuke — reinforcing the same warning against straying.
Psalm 119:29 prayer to remove the way of lying contrasts with v118 where the erring are defined by their deceit — the psalmist seeks to avoid their fate.
In Psalm 119:128, the psalmist hates every false way — aligning with God's rejection of all who stray deceitfully in the same Psalm.
Psalm 78:37 shows the heart condition behind the deceit — not steadfast in covenant, matching v118's description of those who err and are rejected.
Psalm 78:57 describes Israel turning back and being like a deceitful bow — illustrating the erring and deceit that v118 condemns.
Psalm 78:36 describes Israel's lying flattery — a historical example of the deceit that v118 says characterizes those who stray from God's statutes.
Psalm 95:10 recalls God's grief over Israel's erring hearts — a historical example of the same rejection of those who stray from His ways.
In 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, God sends strong delusion to those who refuse truth — matching how He rejects those whose cunning is vain.
In James 5:19, a wanderer from the truth is to be restored — contrasting God's rejection in the Psalm with a call to bring back the straying.
Isaiah 44:20 describes a deceived heart that turns one aside to idolatry — the same deceit that leads to erring from God's statutes in v118.
In Lamentations 1:15, the Lord rejects Jerusalem's mighty men — a specific judgment that parallels God spurning those who stray.
Ephesians 4:22 urges putting off the old self corrupted by deceitful desires — the same deceit that in v118 leads to being rejected by God.
In Ephesians 5:6, Paul warns against empty deceit that brings God's wrath — echoing how God rejects those who stray with vain cunning.
Isaiah 63:3 describes God treading enemies in wrath — a vivid parallel to God spurning those who stray in 118.
In 2 Timothy 3:13, evil deceivers grow worse — showing the same pattern of straying into deceit that leads to rejection.
Isaiah 25:10 depicts God trampling Moab — echoing the theme of divine rejection of the disobedient in 118.
In Revelation 18:23, Babylon falls because its sorcery deceived all nations — similar judgment on deceit, but focused on a city.