Psalm 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Cross-reference

Psalm 119:61 echoes the same resolve — 'I have not forgotten Your law' — showing the psalmist's consistent faithfulness despite trials.

Psalm 119:93 similarly affirms never forgetting God's precepts — the psalmist's claim in v176 is consistent with this lifelong devotion.

Psalm 119:10 prays not to wander from God's commands, directly contrasting the admission of straying here.

Psalm 119:16 vows not to forget God's word, matching the claim here that he does not forget the commandments.

Psalm 119:67 recalls going astray before affliction, illustrating the pattern of wandering and return underlying the plea here.

Psalm 119:83 asserts not forgetting God's statutes despite distress, echoing the same fidelity claimed here while lost.

Psalm 119:141 declares not forgetting God's precepts despite being despised, paralleling the claim of remembering here.

Psalm 119:153 prays for deliverance while not forgetting God's law, directly paralleling the plea and assertion here.

Psalm 119:8 Parallel

Psalm 119:8 pleads not to be forsaken, echoing the same plea for God's presence despite the wandering confessed here.

Psalm 23:3 Allusion

Psalm 23:3 portrays the Shepherd restoring and leading His sheep — the same God the psalmist asks to seek him as a lost sheep.

Psalm 14:3 Parallel

Psalm 14:3 declares that all have turned aside — the psalmist's confession of straying fits this universal condition.

1 Peter 2:25 describes believers as straying sheep who have returned to Christ the Shepherd—directly applying the psalm’s language of wandering.

Luke 19:10 Allusion

Luke 19:10 echoes the lost sheep imagery — Jesus fulfills the psalmist's plea by coming to seek and save the lost.

Luke 15:4-7 expands the lost-sheep parable with a focus on heavenly joy over repentance—echoing the seeking theme in the psalm.

Matthew 18:13 adds the shepherd’s joy at finding the stray sheep, answering the psalmist’s plea with a picture of celebration.

Matthew 18:12 tells of a shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine to search for one stray sheep—the very seeking the psalmist asks for.

In Ezekiel 34:16, God promises to seek the lost and bring back the strayed—the same seeking the psalmist prays for here.

Ezekiel 34:6 describes scattered sheep with none to seek them — contrasting with the psalmist's plea for God to seek his lost servant.

Isaiah 53:6 Allusion

Isaiah 53:6 universalizes the straying sheep metaphor — 'all we like sheep have gone astray' — expanding the psalmist's personal admission to all humanity.

Ezekiel 34:11 shows God's promise to seek lost sheep, directly answering the plea for God to seek his servant.

Jeremiah 50:6 uses the exact 'lost sheep' metaphor for God's people led astray, echoing the psalmist's self-description.

Luke 15:6 Allusion

Luke 15:6 depicts the shepherd's joy upon finding the lost sheep, illustrating the happy outcome of the plea.

Romans 7:24 Parallel

Romans 7:24's cry 'Who will deliver me?' parallels the Psalmist's plea for God to seek him—both long for rescue from sin.

Hosea 4:6 Contrast

Hosea 4:6 condemns forgetting God's law — unlike the psalmist who claims he does not forget, showing the consequence of neglect.

Matthew 10:6 sends disciples to 'the lost sheep of the house of Israel,' echoing the psalm’s lost-sheep image but as a mission mandate.

Matthew 15:24 narrows Jesus’ mission to 'the lost sheep of the house of Israel,' applying the lost-sheep metaphor to his earthly ministry.

John 10:16 Allusion

John 10:16 has Jesus gather 'other sheep' into one flock, broadening the lost-sheep image to include Gentiles under one shepherd.

Romans 7:18 Parallel

Romans 7:18 confesses inability to do good, echoing the Psalmist's admission of straying—both express human weakness.

Galatians 5:17 describes the internal conflict between flesh and Spirit, similar to the Psalmist's struggle of straying while loving God's law.

Proverbs 7:25 Related theme

Proverbs 7:25 warns against straying into temptation, using the same verb for wandering that the psalmist confesses here.