Psalms 119:139

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 69:9 : 9 I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.
  • John 2:17 : 17 And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.
  • 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.
  • 1 Kgs 19:14 : 14 And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have had your altars broken down, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.
  • Ps 53:4 : 4 Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.
  • Acts 13:27 : 27 For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
  • Acts 28:23-27 : 23 And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening. 24 And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts. 25 And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers, 26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
  • Matt 12:3-5 : 3 But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him? 4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests? 5 Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death. 5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; 6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
  • Matt 21:13 : 13 And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
  • Matt 21:16 : 16 Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?
  • Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
  • Matt 22:29 : 29 But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 69:9
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    9 I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

  • Ps 119:140-141
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    140 Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.

    141 I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.

  • Ps 119:87
    75%

    87 They had almost put an end to me on earth; but I did not give up your orders.

  • John 2:17
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    17 And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

  • Ps 119:157-159
    3 verses
    74%

    157 Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.

    158 I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.

    159 See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.

  • Ps 119:16
    73%

    16 I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.

  • Ps 18:37
    73%

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

  • Ps 119:109
    73%

    109 My soul is ever in danger; but I still keep the memory of your law.

  • Ps 119:93
    72%

    93 I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.

  • Ps 6:7
    72%

    7 My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

  • Ps 119:123
    72%

    123 My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.

  • 2 Sam 22:38
    72%

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

  • Ps 119:161
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    161 <SHIN> Rulers have been cruel to me without cause; but I have the fear of your word in my heart.

  • Ps 119:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.

    11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

  • Ps 119:61
    72%

    61 The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law.

  • Ps 119:167
    72%

    167 My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.

  • Ps 119:95
    72%

    95 The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.

  • Ps 139:22
    72%

    22 My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.

  • Ps 25:19
    72%

    19 See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

  • Ps 119:153
    71%

    153 <RESH> O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind,

  • Ps 119:131
    71%

    131 My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings.

  • Ps 119:49
    71%

    49 <ZAIN> Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.

  • Job 19:14
    71%

    14 My relations and my near friends have given me up, and those living in my house have put me out of their minds.

  • Ps 119:53
    71%

    53 I am burning with wrath, because of the sinners who have given up your law.

  • Ps 102:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.

    4 My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food.

  • Ps 119:176
    71%

    176 I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.

  • Ps 119:82-84
    3 verses
    71%

    82 My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?

    83 For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.

    84 How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me?

  • Ps 119:40
    70%

    40 See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.

  • Ps 119:20
    70%

    20 My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times.

  • Ps 143:4
    70%

    4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • Job 19:11
    70%

    11 His wrath is burning against me, and I am to him as one of his haters.

  • Ps 119:143
    70%

    143 Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

  • Ps 102:8
    70%

    8 My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.

  • Lam 3:17
    70%

    17 My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

  • Ps 71:10
    70%

    10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • Ps 137:6
    70%

    6 If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

  • Ps 119:69
    70%

    69 The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.

  • Ps 109:4
    70%

    4 For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.

  • Ps 119:174
    69%

    174 All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.

  • Ps 17:9
    69%

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

  • Ps 38:19
    69%

    19 But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.

  • Ps 119:22
    69%

    22 Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.

  • Ps 13:4
    69%

    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.