Psalms 120:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My soul has long been living with the haters of peace.

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  • 1 Sam 20:30-33 : 30 Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother? 31 For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death. 32 And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done? 33 And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
  • Ezek 2:6 : 6 And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
  • Matt 10:36 : 36 And a man will be hated by those of his house.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 7 I am for peace: but when I say so, they are for war.

  • 5 Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.

  • Ps 143:3-4
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    3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

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

  • 2 How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

  • 18 He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.

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

  • Ps 139:21-22
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    21 Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

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

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    3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

  • 8 Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.

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

  • 5 Or let him put himself under my power, and make peace with me.

  • 12 For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

  • 3 For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

  • Lam 3:5-6
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    5 He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.

    6 He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

  • 20 For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

  • 20 He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

  • Ps 7:4-5
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    4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

    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.)

  • 15 What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

  • 9 I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

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

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

  • 11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

  • 3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

  • Job 19:11-13
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    71%

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

    12 His armies come on together, they make their road high against me, and put up their tents round mine.

    13 He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

  • 7 The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire against my haters.

  • Jer 12:7-8
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    7 I have given up my house, I have let my heritage go; I have given the loved one of my soul into the hands of her haters.

    8 My heritage has become like a lion in the woodland to me; her voice has been loud against me; so I have hate for her.

  • 18 And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.

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

  • 5 My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

  • 4 My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

  • 6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

  • 36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

  • 5 I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

  • 15 So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

  • 29 If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

  • 3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

  • 3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • 16 But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

  • 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.

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

  • 2 See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.

  • 7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

  • 3 Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.