Psalms 31:17

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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.

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  • 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.
  • Ps 115:17 : 17 The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.
  • Isa 41:11-12 : 11 Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen. 12 You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.
  • Ps 40:14-15 : 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 69:6-7 : 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. 7 I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.
  • Ps 71:24 : 24 My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.
  • Ps 94:17 : 17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
  • Ps 70:2-3 : 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.
  • Ps 34:5 : 5 Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.
  • 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 35:26 : 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.
  • Isa 45:16-17 : 16 All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low. 17 But the Lord will make Israel free with an eternal salvation: you will not be put to shame or made low for ever and ever.
  • 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.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.
  • Joel 2:26-27 : 26 You will have food in full measure, and give praise to the name of the Lord your God, who has done wonders for you: 27 And you will be certain that I am in Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other: and my people will never be shamed.
  • Matt 22:12-13 : 12 And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say. 13 Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
  • Isa 50:6-7 : 6 I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame. 7 For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.
  • Isa 65:13-14 : 13 For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed: 14 My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.
  • Ps 6:10 : 10 Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.
  • Ps 31:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.
  • Ps 83:16-17 : 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;

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    18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

  • Ps 31:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

  • Ps 40:14-15
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    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 83:16-17
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    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 35:24-26
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    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 25:20
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    20 O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

  • Ps 25:2-3
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    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.

  • Ps 28:1
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    1 <Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

  • Ps 119:78
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    78 Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.

  • Ps 74:21
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    21 O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

  • Ps 69:6-7
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    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.

    7 I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

  • Jer 17:17-18
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    17 Be not a cause of fear to me: you are my safe place in the day of evil.

    18 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.

  • Ps 119:80
    74%

    80 Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.

  • Job 14:13
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    13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

  • Ps 70:2
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    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 119:31
    73%

    31 I have been true to your unchanging word; O Lord, do not put me to shame.

  • Ps 143:7
    72%

    7 Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.

  • Ps 35:4
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    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 71:13
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    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.

  • Ps 109:28-29
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    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.

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    1 In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.

  • Ps 39:8
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    8 Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

  • Ps 69:15
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    15 Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

  • Ps 119:116
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    116 Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame.

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

  • Ps 36:11
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    11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

  • Jer 20:11
    71%

    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.

  • Job 11:3
    71%

    3 Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

  • Ps 115:17
    71%

    17 The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

  • Ps 17:13
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    13 Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.

  • Prov 25:10
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    10 Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

  • Ps 32:3
    70%

    3 When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

  • Ps 31:16
    70%

    16 Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

  • Ps 44:15
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    15 My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;

  • Ps 30:3
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    3 O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • Ps 13:4
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    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.

  • Ps 35:22
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    22 You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.

  • Isa 38:18
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    18 For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.

  • Ps 119:6
    70%

    6 Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.

  • Job 16:18
    69%

    18 O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!

  • Job 8:22
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    22 Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

  • Ps 119:46
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    46 So that I may give knowledge of your unchanging word before kings, and not be put to shame.