Psalms 31:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

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  • Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.
  • Ps 32:7 : 7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)
  • Job 5:21 : 21 He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.
  • Ps 10:2 : 2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.
  • 1 Tim 6:4 : 4 He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.
  • Ps 40:4 : 4 Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.
  • Ps 64:2-4 : 2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil; 3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words; 4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.
  • Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the army of violent men would take my life; they have not put you before them.
  • Ps 91:1-4 : 1 Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High; 2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope. 3 He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease. 4 You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true. 15 This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One. 16 For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.
  • Jas 4:6 : 6 But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
  • Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I am certain that the Lord is greater than all gods, for he has overcome them in their pride.
  • Ps 124:5 : 5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
  • Jas 3:5-6 : 5 Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;
  • Gal 5:20 : 20 Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,

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