Psalms 27:1

Yahweh is David's light, salvation, and strength, so he has no one to fear. God's presence banishes all fear.

Cross-references · 40

• Heb 13:6So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
• Ps 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
• Exod 15:2The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
• 2 Cor 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
• Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• Rom 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• Mic 7:7–8But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
• Isa 60:19–20No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
• Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
• Isa 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
• Ps 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
• Ps 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
• Job 29:3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
• Ps 118:21I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
• John 1:1–5In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• Ps 19:14May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
• Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
• Rev 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
• Ps 18:1–2For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
• Ps 46:1–2For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
• Ps 68:19–20Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah
• Isa 60:1–3Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
• Isa 2:5Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
• Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
• John 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
• Ps 56:2–4My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
• Ps 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
• Luke 2:30For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
• Ps 18:46The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
• Isa 51:6–8Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
• Ps 11:1For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
• Isa 45:24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
• Rev 7:10And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
• Ps 28:7–8The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
• Matt 8:26“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
• Ps 118:14–15The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
• Rev 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
• Ps 43:2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
• Ps 3:8Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

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