Psalms 35:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י לֹ֥א שָׁל֗וֹם יְדַ֫בֵּ֥רוּ וְעַ֥ל רִגְעֵי־אֶ֑רֶץ דִּבְרֵ֥י מִ֝רְמוֹת יַחֲשֹׁבֽוּן׃

Transliteration

Kî lōʾ šālôm yədabbērû; wə-ʿal rigʿêy-ʾereṣ dibrêy mirmôt yaḥăšōbûn.

Grammar Details

*Kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*šālôm*: noun, masculine singular - peace
*yədabbērû*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they speak
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʿal*: preposition - against
*rigʿêy*: noun, masculine plural construct - quiet ones of
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth
*dibrêy*: noun, masculine plural construct - words of
*mirmôt*: noun, feminine plural - deceits
*yaḥăšōbûn*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they devise

Word Meanings

*šālôm*: peace/prosperity/welfare/completeness
*yədabbērû*: they speak/talk/utter
*rigʿêy*: quiet ones/peaceful ones/calm ones
*ʾereṣ*: land/earth/ground/territory
*dibrêy*: words/sayings/speech
*mirmôt*: deceits/treacheries/frauds
*yaḥăšōbûn*: they devise/plan/think/calculate

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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. {H5542} 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. {H5542}
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
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20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Ps 38:12
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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.
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2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
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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.
Jer 9:8
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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
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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.
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
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Ps 55:20-21
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20He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.
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Ps 64:4-5
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4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
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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
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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
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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 62:4
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Ps 35:15
74%
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Ps 5:9
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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
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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
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9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Ps 37:12
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12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Prov 4:16
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16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Ps 35:7
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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
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Jer 8:11
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11And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Ps 71:10
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10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
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Mic 6:12
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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
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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
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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.
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: