Psalms 35:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 129:5 : 5 Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
  • Isa 37:29 : 29 Because your wrath against me and your pride have come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.
  • Jer 46:5 : 5 What have I seen? they are overcome with fear and turned back; their men of war are broken and have gone in flight, not looking back: fear is on every side, says the Lord.
  • Ezek 13:19 : 19 And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.
  • John 18:6 : 6 And when he said to them, I am he, they went back, falling to the earth.
  • 1 Sam 23:23 : 23 So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.
  • 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.
  • Ps 31:17-18 : 17 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. 18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
  • 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.
  • 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 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 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 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Ps 70:2-3
    2 verses
    93%

    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 40:14-15
    2 verses
    91%

    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 71:13
    86%

    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 35:24-26
    3 verses
    85%

    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.

  • Jer 17:18
    81%

    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 35:3
    78%

    3 Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

  • Ps 83:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    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 109:20
    77%

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

  • Ps 129:5
    77%

    5 Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

  • Ps 38:12
    76%

    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 7:5
    76%

    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.)

  • Ps 56:6
    76%

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

  • Ps 109:28-29
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Ps 35:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    5 Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.

    6 Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.

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

    8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Ps 6:10
    75%

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

  • Ps 25:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

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

    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 35:12
    75%

    12 They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.

  • Ps 71:10
    75%

    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 57:6
    74%

    6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

  • Jer 20:11
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 140:9
    74%

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

  • Ps 63:9
    74%

    9 But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 59:3
    74%

    3 For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

  • Ps 54:3
    74%

    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.)

  • Ps 13:4
    73%

    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 71:24
    73%

    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 41:7
    73%

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

  • Ps 69:6
    73%

    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.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22 Let 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.

    23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

  • Ps 35:19
    73%

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

  • Ps 35:15
    73%

    15 But 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 17:13
    73%

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

  • Ps 86:14
    72%

    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 119:78
    72%

    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 31:17
    72%

    17 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.

  • Ps 44:15
    72%

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

  • Ps 38:20
    72%

    20 They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.

  • Job 16:10
    72%

    10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

  • Jer 18:20
    72%

    20 Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.