Psalm 119:67
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Cross-reference
In Psalm 119:71, the psalmist affirms that affliction was beneficial for learning God's statutes, directly echoing the lesson from verse 67.
In Psalm 119:75, the psalmist acknowledges that God's affliction is faithful and righteous, reinforcing that suffering has a divine purpose.
Psalm 119:176 echoes the same confession of straying — here as a lost sheep seeking restoration, reinforcing the pattern of wandering and return.
Psalm 94:12 blesses those disciplined by the Lord, taught from his law — exactly the same lesson from suffering.
2 Chronicles 33:9-13 recounts Manasseh's straying, affliction, and repentance — directly mirroring the sequence in Psalm 119:67.
In Hebrews 12:10, God's discipline is for our good and holiness, reflecting the psalmist's experience that affliction led to keeping God's word.
In Hebrews 12:11, discipline's painful present yields future righteousness, exactly mirroring the psalmist's progression from affliction to keeping God's word.
2 Chronicles 33:19 recounts Manasseh's pride, then affliction, then humility — a direct narrative parallel to the psalmist's experience.
Job 36:9 says God shows the afflicted their sin — affliction leads to awareness of wrongdoing.
2 Corinthians 4:17 teaches that light afflictions produce eternal glory—a parallel to the psalmist's affliction leading to obedience.
In Jeremiah 31:18, Ephraim's confession of being disciplined like an untrained calf mirrors the psalmist's acknowledgment that affliction turned him from straying.
In Jeremiah 31:19, Ephraim describes shame and repentance after being instructed, similar to the psalmist's before/after affliction and obedience.
In Hosea 5:15, God waits until distress drives Israel to seek Him, parallel to the psalmist's affliction leading to keeping God's word.
In Hosea 2:7, Israel's failed pursuit leads her to decide to return to God, echoing how affliction caused the psalmist to turn back to God's word.
James 1:12 promises blessing for persevering under trial, echoing the psalmist's experience that affliction leads to obedience and blessing.