Psalm 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
Cross-references
In Psalm 119:21, God rebukes the proud who stray from His law—the same proud who deride the psalmist here.
In Psalm 119:31, the psalmist declares he has clung to God's testimonies — the same commitment to not declining from the law despite derision.
In Psalm 119:69, the proud forge lies against the psalmist, who remains faithful—directly mirroring the derision and steadfastness here.
Psalm 119:157 repeats the same resolve: despite many persecutors, the psalmist does not decline from God's testimonies — parallel to not declining from the law.
Psalm 119:78 continues the theme: the insolent wrong the psalmist with falsehood, yet he meditates on God's precepts.
Psalm 119:87 shows enemies nearly destroying the psalmist, but he does not forsake God's precepts—same steadfastness.
Psalm 119:110 depicts the wicked setting snares, yet the psalmist does not stray from God's precepts—similar resolve.
In Psalm 44:18, the people affirm they have not declined from God's way — mirroring the psalmist's determination not to decline from the law despite mockery.
In Psalm 123:4, the psalmist describes scorn from the proud and at ease—directly parallel to the derision of the proud here.
Psalm 86:14 describes insolent men rising up against the psalmist, directly mirroring the derision faced in Psalm 119:51.
In Job 23:11, Job claims he has not declined from God's way — the same language of steadfastness despite suffering, paralleling the psalmist's resolve.
In Luke 23:35, the rulers deride Jesus on the cross — echoing the psalmist's experience of mockery for remaining faithful to God's law.
In Acts 20:24, Paul says none of these things move him — echoing the psalmist's resolve to not decline from the law despite mockery.
Hebrews 12:1-3 parallels the psalmist's endurance under derision, urging believers to look to Jesus who endured hostility from sinners.
In Jeremiah 20:7, Jeremiah is in derision daily and mocked—same experience of mockery as the psalmist here, though Jeremiah blames God.