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Psalm 91:6
nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.
4He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
5You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
8You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
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Pestilence walks through darkness and destruction strikes at noon, naming dangers that respect no hour within a psalm that speaks of refuge in God.
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Psalm 121:5–6The LORD is your keeper. The LORD is your shade on your right hand.Psalm 91 names dangers under God’s protection; Psalm 121 names the Lord as keeper and shade.
Numbers 16:48He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.Both passages name the threat of plague: Psalm 91 speaks assurance, while Numbers describes someone standing between the dead and the living.
Psalm 91:3For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.Pestilence appears in both verses, with verse 3 naming deliverance from the danger that verse 6 pictures walking in darkness.
Matthew 24:6–7You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.Both passages speak against fear amid real threats, with Psalm 91 naming pestilence and Matthew naming wars and rumors of wars.
Exodus 12:29–30At midnight, the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who …Darkness accompanies mortal danger in both passages, though Exodus names a specific midnight judgment against Egypt’s firstborn.
2 Kings 19:35That night, the LORD’s angel went out and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, …Both texts associate nighttime with deadly danger; Kings recounts the Lord’s angel striking the Assyrian camp during the night.
1 Corinthians 10:3–10and all ate the same spiritual food;The supplied line about spiritual food has little direct overlap with Psalm 91’s language of pestilence and destruction.
2 Samuel 24:15So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and seventy thousand men died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba.Pestilence is the shared threat, with Samuel recounting its devastating toll in Israel and Psalm 91 speaking assurance against fear.
Deuteronomy 32:24They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, with the venom of vipers …Both texts name destruction and wasting, though Deuteronomy announces judgment while Psalm 91 speaks assurance amid danger.
1 Chronicles 21:12either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days of the sword …Both passages name pestilence and destruction; Chronicles presents them within a threatened judgment lasting three days.
Ezekiel 14:19“Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal—Pestilence threatens life in both texts, while Ezekiel names it as an act of God’s wrath against a land.
2 Samuel 24:13So Gad came to David, and told him, saying, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they …Both passages name pestilence as a grave danger; Samuel places three days of it among the judgments presented to David.
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Darkness and noon both fall within the psalm’s promise of refuge. Disease and destruction receive plain names here, and the ground of confidence is God’s faithfulness.
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