Psalms 116:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Psalms 116:15 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 72:14
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
1 Samuel 25:29
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
Psalms 37:32-33
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. …
Revelation 14:3
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Luke 16:22
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Contracts Covenant Dead (people)Death Dedication Dying

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-19)

The Septuagint and some other ancient versions make these verses a distinct psalm separate from the former; and some have called it the Martyr’s psalm, I suppose for the sake of Ps. 116:15. Three things David here makes confession of:— I. His faith (Ps. 116:10): I believed, therefore have I spoken. This is quoted by the apostle (2 Cor. 4:13) with application to himself and his fellow-ministers, wh…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15-16. By the plea of being a homeborn servant, he intimates his claim on God’s covenant love to His people.