Jeremiah 17:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let them be put to shame who are attacking me, but let me not be shamed; let them be overcome with fear, but let me not be overcome: send on them the day of evil, and put them to destruction twice over.

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  • Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.
  • Ps 35:8 : 8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
  • Jer 11:20 : 20 But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.
  • Ps 40:14 : 14 Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.
  • Jer 20:11 : 11 But the Lord is with me as a great one, greatly to be feared: so my attackers will have a fall, and they will not overcome me: they will be greatly shamed, because they have not done wisely, even with an unending shame, kept in memory for ever.
  • Ps 83:17-18 : 17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction; 18 So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.
  • Ps 25:2-3 : 2 O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me. 3 Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.
  • Job 16:14 : 14 I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.
  • Ps 35:26-27 : 26 Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour. 27 Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant.
  • Jer 14:17 : 17 And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.
  • Jer 16:18 : 18 And I will give them the reward of their evil-doing and their sin twice over; because they have made my land unclean, and have made my heritage full of the bodies of their unholy and disgusting things.
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.
  • Jer 18:19-23 : 19 Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me. 20 Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them. 21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight. 22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly. 23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.
  • Rev 18:6 : 6 Give to her as she gave, even an increased reward for her works; in the cup which was mixed by her, let there be mixed as much again for herself.
  • Ps 70:2 : 2 Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.
  • Ps 71:1 : 1 In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Ps 40:14-15
    2 verses
    84%

    14 Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

    15 Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.

  • Ps 83:15-17
    3 verses
    81%

    15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.

    16 Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.

    17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;

  • Ps 35:4
    81%

    4 Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

  • Ps 35:24-26
    3 verses
    80%

    24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

    25 Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

    26 Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

  • Ps 70:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2 Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

    3 Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame.

  • Jer 20:10-12
    3 verses
    79%

    10 For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

    11 But the Lord is with me as a great one, greatly to be feared: so my attackers will have a fall, and they will not overcome me: they will be greatly shamed, because they have not done wisely, even with an unending shame, kept in memory for ever.

    12 But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.

  • Jer 17:17
    79%

    17 Be not a cause of fear to me: you are my safe place in the day of evil.

  • Ps 71:13
    78%

    13 Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

  • Jer 18:19-23
    5 verses
    76%

    19 Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.

    20 Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

    21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

    22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

    23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

  • Ps 109:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28 They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.

    29 Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.

  • Ps 109:20
    74%

    20 Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

  • Ps 35:8
    74%

    8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Ps 31:17
    74%

    17 Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

  • Ps 140:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

    10 Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

  • Ps 129:5
    73%

    5 Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

  • Ps 17:9
    73%

    9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

  • Ps 17:13
    73%

    13 Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.

  • Ps 35:19
    73%

    19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

  • Jer 18:17
    73%

    17 I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.

    22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

  • Ps 119:78
    73%

    78 Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.

  • Jer 11:20
    72%

    20 But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.

  • Jer 15:15
    72%

    15 O Lord, you have knowledge: keep me in mind and come to my help, and give their right reward to those who are attacking me; take me not away, for you are slow to be angry: see how I have undergone shame because of you from all those who make little of your word;

  • Ps 69:6
    72%

    6 Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

  • Ps 37:19
    72%

    19 They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

  • Job 27:7
    72%

    7 Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

  • Ps 7:5
    72%

    5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

  • Ps 6:10
    72%

    10 Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.

  • Jer 17:19
    72%

    19 This is what the Lord has said to me: Go and take your place in the doorway of Benjamin, where the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the doorways of Jerusalem;

  • Ps 59:11
    72%

    11 Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

  • Ps 118:11
    72%

    11 They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

  • Ps 18:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    37 I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

    38 I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

  • Ps 44:15
    72%

    15 My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;

  • Ps 13:4
    72%

    4 And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.