Psalms 139:20

American Standard Version (1901)

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
  • Exod 20:7 : 7 Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying] , 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily. 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
  • Ps 74:18 : 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.
  • Ps 74:22-23 : 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day. 23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
  • Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 37:28-29 : 28 But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. 29 Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
  • Rev 13:6 : 6 And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, [even] them that dwell in the heaven.

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    21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

    22I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.

  • Ps 41:5
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    5Mine enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?

  • Ps 83:2-3
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    2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

    3Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

  • Ps 139:19
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    19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Ps 71:10
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    18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

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    19But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

    20They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

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    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

    20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

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    16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.

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    3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

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    10How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

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    51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

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    8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

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

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    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.

  • Jer 18:23
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    10Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.

  • 2 Sam 22:41
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    41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

  • Ps 69:26-27
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  • Ps 21:11
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    22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

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    9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

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    2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

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

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    4Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

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    5The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

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    16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

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