Psalms 35:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 31:13 : 13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
  • Ps 36:3-4 : 3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good. 4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen. 5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it, 6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
  • Ps 120:5-7 : 5 Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar. 6 My soul has long been living with the haters of peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I say so, they are for war.
  • Ps 140:2-5 : 2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war. 3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.) 4 O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall. 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.)
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
  • Dan 6:5 : 5 Then the chief rulers and the captains were looking for some cause for putting Daniel in the wrong in connection with the kingdom, but they were unable to put forward any wrongdoing or error against him; because he was true, and no error or wrong was to be seen in him.
  • Matt 12:19 : 19 His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.
  • Matt 12:24 : 24 But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth: 23 To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 12:20
    78%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

  • Ps 38:12
    78%

    12Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

  • Ps 140:2
    78%

    2For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

  • Ps 35:19
    78%

    19Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

  • Jer 9:8
    78%

    8His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.

  • Ps 21:11
    77%

    11For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

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

  • Ps 120:7
    76%

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

  • Ps 35:21
    76%

    21Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

  • Ps 41:7
    76%

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

  • Ps 55:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

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

    21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

  • Ps 64:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

    5They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

  • Ps 28:3
    75%

    3Do 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.

  • Prov 24:2
    75%

    2For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • Jer 9:5
    75%

    5Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

  • Jer 9:3
    75%

    3Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

  • Ps 139:20
    74%

    20For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.

  • Ps 83:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.

    3They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.

  • Ps 62:4
    74%

    4Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

  • Ps 35:15
    74%

    15But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

  • Ps 5:9
    74%

    9For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

  • Ps 35:25
    73%

    25Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

  • Ps 140:9
    73%

    9As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

  • Ps 37:12
    73%

    12The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Prov 4:16
    73%

    16For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

  • Ps 35:7
    73%

    7For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

  • Rom 3:17
    73%

    17And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:

  • Jer 8:11
    73%

    11And they have made little of the wounds of the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  • Ps 71:10
    73%

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

  • Ps 83:5
    73%

    5For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

  • Jer 23:17
    73%

    17They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you.

  • Isa 59:8
    73%

    8They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

  • Ps 12:2
    73%

    2Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

  • Job 15:35
    73%

    35Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

    9Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

  • Ps 55:3
    72%

    3I 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.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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

  • Ps 59:12
    72%

    12Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

  • Ps 59:7
    72%

    7See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

  • Jer 18:22
    72%

    22Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

  • Ps 55:10
    72%

    10By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

  • Ps 38:19
    72%

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

  • Mic 3:5
    72%

    5This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.