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Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted on the earth.”

8Come, see the LORD’s works, what desolations he has made on the earth.
9He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted on the earth.”
11The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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“Be still” comes after shattered weapons and ended wars, so the quiet here carries the weight of God's authority over nations and the whole earth.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 100:3Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Both command recognition that the LORD is God; Psalm 100 connects that knowledge with belonging to him as his people.
Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”Both command stillness or silence before God, and both extend their scope to the whole earth.
Ezekiel 38:23I will magnify myself and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’In both passages, God declares that his greatness will be known among the nations.
Zechariah 2:13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”Both command stillness before the LORD; Zechariah links silence with God's rising from his holy habitation.
Psalm 83:18that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.Both connect knowing God with his supremacy over all the earth.
Isaiah 2:17The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.Both declare that the LORD will be exalted; Isaiah also describes human arrogance being brought low.
Psalm 57:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!Psalm 46 declares God's exaltation on earth, while Psalm 57 asks for his glory to be above all the earth.
1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours. Yours is the …Both speak of God's exaltation and authority over the earth; Chronicles also names his kingdom and ownership of all things.
Psalm 21:13Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.Both speak of the LORD being exalted; Psalm 21 joins that exaltation with praise for his strength.
Isaiah 5:16but the LORD of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.Both declare the LORD exalted; Isaiah names justice and righteousness as the setting of that exaltation.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.Both announce the LORD's exaltation; Isaiah contrasts his supremacy with human arrogance being bowed down.
Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”Both passages join knowing the LORD with recognizing his supremacy, though Exodus speaks of his greatness above other gods.
Where this verse fits

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Encouragement

Your ability to feel calm is no measure of God's rule. His declaration reaches beyond your circumstances: he will be exalted among the nations and on the earth.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).