Verse 12

Repay our neighbors sevenfold into their own laps the scorn they have hurled at You, Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:15 : 15 But the LORD said to him, 'Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.' Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
  • Jer 32:18 : 18 You show steadfast love to thousands, but You repay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them. You are the great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
  • Lev 26:21 : 21 If you continue to walk contrary to me and are unwilling to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over as your sins deserve.
  • Lev 26:28 : 28 then I in turn will act with furious hostility against you, and I will discipline you seven times over for your sins.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
  • Prov 6:31 : 31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay back sevenfold; he may have to give up all the wealth of his house.
  • Isa 65:5-7 : 5 They say, 'Keep away; do not come near me, for I am holier than you.' These are like smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long. 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps. 7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your ancestors together,' says the LORD, 'because they burned incense on the mountains and reproached me on the hills; I will measure their former deeds into their laps.'
  • Ps 44:16 : 16 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face.
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 How long, O God, will the enemy reproach? Will the adversary despise Your name forever?
  • Ps 74:18-22 : 18 Remember this, O LORD, that the enemy has insulted You, and a foolish people has despised Your name. 19 Do not give the life of Your turtledove to the wild beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted ones forever. 20 Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the earth are filled with the dens of violence. 21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in humiliation; let the poor and needy praise Your name. 22 Arise, O God, and defend Your cause; remember how fools insult You all day long.