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Psa 138:8 — The LORD will perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

perfect		Psa 57:2; Isa 26:12; Jer 32:39,40; Jhn 15:2; Rom 5:10; Rom 8:28-30; Phl 1:6; 1Th 5:24
thy mercy		Psa 100:5; Psa 103:17
forsake		Psa 71:6-9,17,18; Job 10:3,8; Job 14:15; Isa 42:16; Isa 43:21; 1Pe 1:3-5; 1Pe 4:19; Jud 1:1

Correlating Passages

perfect

	Psa 57:2	I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth [all things] for me.
	Isa 26:12	LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
	Jer 32:39	And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
	Jer 32:40	And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
	Jhn 15:2	Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
	Rom 5:10	For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
	Rom 8:28	And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
	Rom 8:29	For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
	Rom 8:30	Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
	Phl 1:6	Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:
	1Th 5:24	Faithful [is] he that calleth you, who also will do [it].

thy mercy

	Psa 100:5	For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.
	Psa 103:17	But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

forsake

	Psa 71:6	By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.
	Psa 71:7	I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.
	Psa 71:8	Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.
	Psa 71:9	Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
	Psa 71:17	O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
	Psa 71:18	Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.
	Job 10:3	[Is it] good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
	Job 10:8	Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
	Job 14:15	Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
	Isa 42:16	And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
	Isa 43:21	This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
	1Pe 1:3	Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
	1Pe 1:4	To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
	1Pe 1:5	Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
	1Pe 4:19	Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
	Jud 1:1	Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, [and] called:

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