Psalms 38:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Ps 35:20 : 20 For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.
  • 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 141:9 : 9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.
  • Ps 64:2-5 : 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. 5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
  • 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing: 8 The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-3 : 1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David: 2 And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only: 3 And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.
  • 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 10:9 : 9 He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.
  • Ps 54:3 : 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 62:3-4 : 3 How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling? 4 Their 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 119:110 : 110 Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders.
  • Luke 20:19-22 : 19 And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them. 20 And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler. 21 And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: 22 Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 41:7-8
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    7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

    8 They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    80%

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

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

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

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

  • Ps 71:10
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    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 31:13
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    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 38:19-20
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    19 But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.

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

  • 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 140:2
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    2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

  • Ps 109:2-3
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    76%

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

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

  • Ps 102:8
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    8 My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.

  • Lam 3:62
    76%

    62 The lips of those who came up against me, and their thoughts against me all the day.

  • Ps 35:15
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    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 59:3
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    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.

  • Jer 20:10
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    10 For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

  • Ps 38:11
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    11 My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.

  • Ps 41:5
    75%

    5 My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

  • Ps 140:5
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    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 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.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

  • Ps 64:5
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    5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

  • Ps 55:3
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    3 I 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 21:11
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    11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

  • Jer 5:26
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    26 For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19 See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

  • Ps 40:14
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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.

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    3 How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

    4 Their 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.)

  • Job 30:12-13
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    74%

    12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:

    13 They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

  • Ps 57:6
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    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.)

  • Lam 1:21
    74%

    21 Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.

  • Job 16:10
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    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 18:22
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    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.

  • Ps 38:16
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    16 I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

  • Ps 141:9
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    9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.

  • Ps 140:9
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    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

  • Ps 35:11-12
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    11 False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

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

  • Ps 35:7
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    7 For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Ps 38:13
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    13 But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.

  • Lam 3:52
    73%

    52 They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;

  • Jer 11:19
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    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.

  • Ps 17:9
    72%

    9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

  • 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.