Psalms 109:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:24 : 24 And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.
  • Jer 18:21 : 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.
  • Lam 5:3 : 3 We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:10-19
    10 verses
    88%

    10Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

    11Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.

    12Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.

    13Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.

    14Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness.

    15Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

    16Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

    17As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

    18He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

    19Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times.

  • Ps 109:6-8
    3 verses
    86%

    6Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.

    7When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.

    8Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority.

  • Jer 18:21
    77%

    21For 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.

  • Job 27:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.

    15When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

  • Job 22:9
    75%

    9You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Exod 22:24
    74%

    24And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.

  • Job 24:21
    74%

    21He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

  • Ps 94:6
    74%

    6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

  • Job 31:10
    73%

    10Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

  • Ps 69:22-25
    4 verses
    73%

    22Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

    23Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

    24Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

    25Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.

  • Jer 49:11
    73%

    11Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

  • Job 31:8
    73%

    8Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.

  • Isa 10:2
    73%

    2Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • Deut 27:19
    72%

    19Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Isa 9:17
    72%

    17For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Ps 146:9
    71%

    9The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

  • Lam 5:3
    71%

    3We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.

  • Ps 35:8
    71%

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

  • Job 18:16-19
    4 verses
    71%

    16Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

    17His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

    18He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

    19He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

  • Ps 55:15
    71%

    15Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

  • 1 Tim 5:9
    70%

    9Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

  • Ps 113:9
    70%

    9He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Ps 137:9
    70%

    9Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.

  • Hos 9:14
    70%

    14O Lord, what will you give them? Give them bodies which may not give birth and breasts without milk.

  • Mic 2:9
    69%

    9The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.

  • Job 20:10
    69%

    10His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.

  • 2 Sam 12:11
    69%

    11The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.

  • Jer 15:8
    69%

    8I have let their widows be increased in number more than the sand of the seas: I have sent against them, against the mother and the young men, one who makes waste in the heat of the day, causing pain and fears to come on her suddenly.

  • Job 5:4
    69%

    4Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.

  • Job 31:16
    69%

    16If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

  • Isa 13:16
    69%

    16Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.

  • Ps 69:27
    69%

    27Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.