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Psa 31:17 — Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Let me		Psa 31:1; Psa 25:2,3; Psa 34:5; Psa 69:6,7; Isa 50:6,7; Joe 2:26,27
wicked		Psa 6:10; Psa 35:4,26; Psa 40:14,15; Psa 70:2,3; Psa 71:24; Psa 83:16,17; Isa 41:11,12; Isa 45:16,17; Isa 65:13,14; Jer 20:11; Dan 12:2
them		Psa 115:17; 1Sa 2:9; Mat 22:12,13
silent in the grave		or, cut off for the grave.

Correlating Passages

Let me

	Psa 31:1	[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
	Psa 25:2	O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
	Psa 25:3	Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
	Psa 34:5	They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
	Psa 69:6	Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
	Psa 69:7	Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
	Isa 50:6	I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
	Isa 50:7	For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
	Joe 2:26	And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
	Joe 2:27	And ye shall know that I [am] in the midst of Israel, and [that] I [am] the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

wicked

	Psa 6:10	Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be ashamed suddenly.
	Psa 35:4	Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
	Psa 35:26	Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.
	Psa 40:14	Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
	Psa 40:15	Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
	Psa 70:2	Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
	Psa 70:3	Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
	Psa 71:24	My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
	Psa 83:16	Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
	Psa 83:17	Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
	Isa 41:11	Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
	Isa 41:12	Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
	Isa 45:16	They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together [that are] makers of idols.
	Isa 45:17	[But] Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
	Isa 65:13	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
	Isa 65:14	Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
	Jer 20:11	But the LORD [is] with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: [their] everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
	Dan 12:2	And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.

them

	Psa 115:17	The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
	1Sa 2:9	He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
	Mat 22:12	And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
	Mat 22:13	Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 31:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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