In Psalm 119:9-11, the same principle: hiding God's word in the heart keeps one from sinning against Him, echoing avoiding the ways of the violent.

Psalm 18:21 echoes the same commitment: keeping God's ways and not departing from Him, reinforcing David's claim of righteousness.

Psalm 14:1-3 declares universal human corruption—contrasting with the psalmist's claim to avoid the paths of the destroyer.

Genesis 6:11 says the earth was filled with violence—directly matching the 'paths of the destroyer' the psalmist avoids.

In Proverbs 2:10-15, wisdom and knowledge guard from evil men who speak perversely, paralleling avoiding the ways of the violent by God's word.

1 Peter 4:2 urges living for God's will, not human lusts—the same resolve as the psalmist's keeping from the destroyer's paths.

1 Peter 4:3 lists the sinful 'will of the Gentiles'—the very works of men the psalmist avoids by God's word.

1 John 5:18 says the one born of God keeps himself and the wicked one does not touch him, directly paralleling David's protection from the destroyer.

Genesis 6:5 describes humanity's total wickedness—the very 'works of men' the psalmist says he avoids by God's word.

Proverbs 2:12 promises deliverance from the way of evil, paralleling David's deliberate avoidance of the destroyer's paths.

In Matthew 4:4, Jesus quotes that man lives by every word from God, showing the word's role in spiritual sustenance, similar to its protective function here.

In John 17:17, Jesus prays 'Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth' — the word sanctifies, akin to its role in keeping from evil.

1 Corinthians 3:3 rebukes believers for walking 'as men'—contrasting with the psalmist's deliberate separation from human ways.

In Ephesians 6:17, the word of God is the sword of the Spirit, a weapon against evil, paralleling its use to avoid the ways of the violent.

Job 15:16 calls man 'abominable and filthy,' drinking iniquity—echoing the wicked human ways the psalmist shuns.