Psalms 35:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
  • Ps 36:3-4 : 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good. 4 He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them? 6 They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
  • Ps 120:5-7 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace. 7 I am [for] peace: But when I speak, they are for war.
  • Ps 140:2-5 : 2 Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {{Selah 4 Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps. 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
  • Dan 6:5 : 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
  • Matt 12:19 : 19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.
  • Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 12:20
    78%

    20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • Ps 38:12
    78%

    12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

  • Ps 140:2
    78%

    2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

  • Ps 35:19
    78%

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

  • Jer 9:8
    78%

    8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

  • Ps 21:11
    77%

    11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    3They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

  • Ps 120:7
    76%

    7I am [for] peace: But when I speak, they are for war.

  • Ps 35:21
    76%

    21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

  • Ps 41:7
    76%

    7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

  • Ps 55:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.

    21His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

  • Ps 64:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

    5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

  • Ps 28:3
    75%

    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.

  • Prov 24:2
    75%

    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

  • Jer 9:5
    75%

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Jer 9:3
    75%

    3And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

  • Ps 139:20
    74%

    20For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.

  • Ps 83:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    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 62:4
    74%

    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 35:15
    74%

    15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

  • Ps 5:9
    74%

    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 35:25
    73%

    25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • Ps 140:9
    73%

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

  • Ps 37:12
    73%

    12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Prov 4:16
    73%

    16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

  • Ps 35:7
    73%

    7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.

  • Rom 3:17
    73%

    17And the way of peace have they not known:

  • Jer 8:11
    73%

    11And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  • Ps 71:10
    73%

    10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

  • Ps 83:5
    73%

    5For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • Jer 23:17
    73%

    17They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.

  • Isa 59:8
    73%

    8The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

  • Ps 12:2
    73%

    2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

  • Job 15:35
    73%

    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

    9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Ps 55:3
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

  • Ps 59:12
    72%

    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 59:7
    72%

    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?

  • Jer 18:22
    72%

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Ps 55:10
    72%

    10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

  • Ps 38:19
    72%

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

  • Mic 3:5
    72%

    5Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him: