Psalm 27:10
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
Cross-references
Psalm 69:8 similarly describes being estranged from family, reinforcing the experience of being forsaken by relatives.
Isaiah 49:15 contrasts a mother's potential forgetfulness with God's unfailing remembrance, mirroring Psalm 27:10's contrast between parental forsaking and God's acceptance.
Matthew 10:36 explicitly says a person's enemies will be from his own household, directly echoing the familial forsaking in Psalm 27:10.
In John 16:32, Jesus applies this confidence to Himself: though disciples abandon Him, the Father remains with Him.
2 Samuel 16:11 shows David's own son seeking his life, a family betrayal that parallels the forsaking by parents in Psalm 27:10.
In 2 Timothy 4:16, Paul experiences desertion by people, mirroring the psalmist's trust that God does not forsake.
In Isaiah 40:11, God's tender shepherd care for the vulnerable parallels the promise that God takes up the forsaken.
Matthew 10:21 describes family members betraying each other, a more extreme version of the parental forsaking in Psalm 27:10.