Psalm 16:9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Cross-references
In Psalm 57:8, 'Awake, my glory' echoes the same phrase from Psalm 16:9 — both call the soul to praise God.
Job 19:26 declares that after death, in his flesh he will see God—a clear parallel to the bodily security and hope here.
Job 19:27 continues the same resurrection hope: seeing God with his own eyes—reinforcing the confidence in this verse.
Proverbs 14:32 says the righteous find refuge even in death—matching the secure rest promised in this verse.
Isaiah 26:19 prophesies bodies rising from the dust—fulfilling the hope of bodily security expressed in this verse.
Acts 2:26 directly quotes this verse, applying David's confidence to Jesus' resurrection and bodily security.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 teaches believers not to grieve without hope for the dead—directly echoing the confident hope here.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 grounds resurrection hope in Christ's death and rising—fulfilling the trust in bodily security seen here.
Colossians 1:27 calls Christ 'the hope of glory' — the same confident hope that makes David's body rest secure in Psalm 16:9.
In Romans 5:2, boasting in hope of God's glory echoes the gladness and secure hope of Psalm 16:9 — both link joy to confident expectation.
Romans 12:12 exhorts joy in hope — a direct parallel to the glad heart and secure hope of Psalm 16:9.