Psalms 109:17

American Standard Version (1901)

Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

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  • Prov 14:14 : 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
  • Ezek 35:6 : 6 therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
  • 2 Thess 2:10-11 : 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.
  • Ps 52:4-5 : 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. 5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {{Selah
  • Ps 59:12-13 : 12 [ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak. 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more: And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. {{Selah

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:18-20
    3 verses
    88%

    18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.

    19Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

    20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

  • Ps 109:16
    78%

    16Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay [them] .

  • Ps 109:5-13
    9 verses
    76%

    5And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

    6Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.

    7When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.

    8Let his days be few; [And] let another take his office.

    9Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

    10Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.

    11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.

    12Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

    13Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

  • Ps 37:22
    75%

    22For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.

  • Ps 109:28
    75%

    28Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.

  • Ps 35:8
    74%

    8Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

  • Lam 3:65
    74%

    65Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

  • Job 31:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

    30(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

  • Prov 3:33
    72%

    33The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

  • 2 Sam 16:11-13
    3 verses
    72%

    11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it] ? let him alone, and let him curse; for Jehovah hath bidden him.

    12It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.

    13So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hill-side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

  • Ps 10:3
    72%

    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

  • Ps 69:27
    72%

    27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

  • Job 3:8
    72%

    8Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

  • Jer 20:14
    72%

    14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

  • Rom 3:14
    71%

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

  • Ps 140:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

    10Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.

  • Prov 6:15
    71%

    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

  • Job 27:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

    23Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.

  • Ps 59:12
    71%

    12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Ps 62:4
    71%

    4They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {{Selah

  • Ps 7:16
    71%

    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

  • Deut 28:20
    71%

    20Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

  • Prov 24:18
    71%

    18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Deut 29:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

    20Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.

  • Prov 24:25
    70%

    25But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Num 23:8
    70%

    8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

  • Jer 17:6
    70%

    6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

    4He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

  • Job 18:16-18
    3 verses
    70%

    16His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.

    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

  • Ps 55:15
    70%

    15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

  • Job 27:7
    70%

    7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.