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Psa 136:15 — But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

But overthrew		Heb. But shaked off. Psa 78:53; Psa 135:9; Exd 14:27,28; Exd 15:4,5,10,11; Neh 9:10,11
for his mercy		Psa 65:5; Psa 79:6-9; Psa 143:12; Exd 15:12,13; Luk 1:71-74

Correlating Passages

But overthrew

	Psa 78:53	And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
	Psa 135:9	[Who] sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
	Exd 14:27	And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
	Exd 14:28	And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, [and] all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
	Exd 15:4	Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
	Exd 15:5	The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
	Exd 15:10	Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
	Exd 15:11	Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?
	Neh 9:10	And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as [it is] this day.
	Neh 9:11	And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

for his mercy

	Psa 65:5	[By] terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; [who art] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [upon] the sea:
	Psa 79:6	Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
	Psa 79:7	For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
	Psa 79:8	O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
	Psa 79:9	Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
	Psa 143:12	And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant.
	Exd 15:12	Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
	Exd 15:13	Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
	Luk 1:71	That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
	Luk 1:72	To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
	Luk 1:73	The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
	Luk 1:74	That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 136:15," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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