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Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
Psalms 25:3 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
  • KJV Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
  • NKJV Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed; Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.
  • NASB Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.
  • NLT No one who trusts in you will ever be disgraced, but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others.

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Quick answer

None who wait on God will be shamed, but the treacherous will be. God honors patient faith and judges faithless betrayal.

Overview

David broadens his prayer into a confident principle: those who wait for God will not be disgraced, while those who betray without cause will bear shame. Waiting expresses hopeful, patient dependence on the Lord. The verse assures believers that trust in God is never wasted, a truth grounded in the trustworthiness of the God who saves through Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 29

  • Lam 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
  • Isa 40:31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
  • Isa 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
  • Mic 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
  • Ps 62:5Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
  • Ps 27:14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
  • Rom 8:25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
  • Ps 37:34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
  • Ps 40:1–3For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
  • Ps 33:20Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
  • Ps 123:2As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
  • Isa 25:9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
  • Jer 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
  • Ps 69:6May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.
  • Ps 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
  • Ps 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
  • Ps 31:17O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
  • Ps 71:13May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
  • Ps 62:1For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
  • Ps 59:2–5Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
  • Ps 70:2–3May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
  • Ps 6:10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
  • Ps 119:78May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
  • John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
  • Ps 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
  • Ps 7:4–5if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
  • Ps 69:4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
  • Ps 40:14–15May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
  • Gen 49:13Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 25:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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