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Psa 40:12 — For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

innumerable   Psa 22:11-19; Hbr 4:15
mine   Psa 38:4; Isa 53:6; Luk 18:13,14; 1Pe 3:18
they are   Psa 19:12; Psa 69:4
heart   Psa 73:26; Gen 42:28; Luk 21:26
faileth   Heb. forsaketh.
Correlating Passages
innumerable
Psa 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help.
Psa 22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.
Psa 22:13 They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psa 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psa 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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Hbr 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.
mine
Psa 38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Luk 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luk 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified [rather] than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
1Pe 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
they are
Psa 19:12 Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].
Psa 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.
heart
Psa 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Gen 42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, [it is] even in my sack: and their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What [is] this [that] God hath done unto us?
Luk 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 40:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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