Psalms 140:8

American Standard Version (1901)

Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, [lest] they exalt themselves. {{Selah

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:27 : 27 Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
  • Ps 10:2-3 : 2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 94:20-21 : 20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

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

  • Ps 140:4-5
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    4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

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    11Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 141:4
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    4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

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    2Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. {{Selah

  • Ps 35:24-25
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    24Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

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  • Ps 59:5
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    5Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. {{Selah

  • Jer 18:23
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    23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.

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

    28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

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    2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

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

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    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

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    4Grant thee thy heart's desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.

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    10My God with his lovingkindness will meet me: God will let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.

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    19Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

  • Ps 17:13
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    18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

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