Verse 3

They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
  • Ps 35:20 : 20 For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 59:3-4 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. 4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.
  • Ps 88:17 : 17 They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
  • Hos 11:12 : 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.
  • John 15:24-25 : 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
  • 1 Sam 19:4-5 : 4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: 5 for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
  • 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
  • 2 Sam 15:12 : 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow: 8 Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art [taken] in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.
  • Ps 17:11 : 11 They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
  • Ps 22:12 : 12 Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.