Psalms 37:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Ps 35:16 : 16 Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.
  • Dan 8:12 : 12 ... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
  • 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.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
  • Matt 26:16 : 16 And from that time he was watching for a chance to give him into their hands.
  • Dan 8:24 : 24 And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.
  • 1 Sam 23:7-9 : 7 And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in. 8 And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men. 9 And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.
  • 2 Sam 15:10-12 : 10 But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron. 11 And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's helpers, from Giloh his town, while he was making the offerings. And the design against David became strong, for more and more people were joined to Absalom.
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:32
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    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Ps 37:13-14
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    80%

    13He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

    14The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9I 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;

    10Their 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.

  • Ps 35:16
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    16Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.

  • Ps 37:10-11
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    10For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

    11But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

    13In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 29:10
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    10Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Prov 30:14
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    14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

  • Ps 10:2-3
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    2The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

    3For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Job 22:19
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    19The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

  • Ps 41:7
    74%

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

  • Job 29:17
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    17By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

  • Ps 10:7-8
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

    8He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

  • Prov 12:5-6
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    5The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

    6The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

  • Ps 37:1
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    1<Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

  • Ps 35:19-20
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    19Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

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

  • Prov 21:7
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    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 10:6
    73%

    6Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

    31The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

  • Job 36:17
    73%

    17...

  • Prov 24:19
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    19Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • Ps 3:7
    73%

    7Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you.

  • Ps 37:17
    72%

    17For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Ps 21:11
    72%

    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 140:11
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    11Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

  • Job 27:7
    72%

    7Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

  • Ps 58:6
    72%

    6O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

  • Ps 2:5
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    5Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

  • Ps 36:3
    72%

    3In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • Ps 37:7
    72%

    7Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.