Lamentations 3:62

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ezek 36:3 : 3 therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;
Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
Ps 59:12 : 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 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Lam 3:60-61
2 verses
83%
60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
61Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,
Ps 56:5-6
2 verses
78%
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 102:8
77%
8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
Ps 140:9
77%
9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Lam 3:63
77%
63Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
Ps 41:7
76%
7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
Job 16:10
76%
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
Ps 38:12
76%
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 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 56:2
75%
2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; {H4791} For they are many that fight proudly against me.
Lam 3:3
75%
3Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
Ps 3:1
74%
1A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.
Lam 3:46
74%
46All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
Lam 2:16
74%
16All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Ps 71:10
73%
10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
Ps 62:3-4
2 verses
73%
3How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
4They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {H5542}
Ps 55:3
73%
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.
Job 30:12
72%
12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
Ps 54:3
72%
3For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. {H5542}
Jer 20:10
72%
10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Ps 83:2-3
2 verses
72%
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 31:13
72%
13For 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.
Jer 18:23
72%
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.
Ps 71:24
72%
24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.
Ps 17:9
72%
9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
Ps 140:2-3
2 verses
72%
2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Lam 1:21
72%
21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.
Ps 21:11
72%
11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
Ps 22:13
72%
13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.
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 35:20
71%
20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
Ps 35:15
71%
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:
Job 19:18
71%
18Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.
Job 19:12
71%
12His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.
Ps 109:20
71%
20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Ps 86:14
71%
14O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.
Ps 41:5
71%
5Mine enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?
Job 27:7
71%
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
Ps 141:3
71%
3Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
Ps 25:19
71%
19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Ps 13:2
71%
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Ps 38:19
71%
19But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Lam 3:14
71%
14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
2 Sam 22:41
70%
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.