Psalms 40:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:21 : 21 Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.
  • Ps 69:24-25 : 24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them. 25 Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.
  • Ps 70:3-4 : 3 Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame. 4 Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.
  • Ps 73:19 : 19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.
  • Ps 109:6-9 : 6 Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him. 7 When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin. 8 Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority. 9 Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow. 10 Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends. 11 Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work. 12 Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead. 13 Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory. 14 Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness. 15 Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth. 16 Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted. 17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him. 18 He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil. 19 Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times. 20 Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.
  • Luke 19:43-44 : 43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side, 44 And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
  • Luke 21:23-24 : 23 It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people. 24 And they will be put to death with the sword, and will be taken as prisoners into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be crushed under the feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles are complete.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 70:2-3
    2 verses
    89%

    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
    82%

    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 35:25-27
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

    27 Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant.

  • Ps 35:21
    77%

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

  • 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 35:4
    76%

    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.

  • Jer 17:18
    75%

    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 71:13
    75%

    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 22:7
    74%

    7 I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

  • Job 8:22
    74%

    22 Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

  • Ps 109:20
    73%

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

  • Ps 40:16
    73%

    16 Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

  • Ps 109:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Jer 18:16
    72%

    16 Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

    22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

  • Ps 35:15
    72%

    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.

  • Isa 66:5
    72%

    5 Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.

  • Ps 44:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

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

    16 Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

  • Ps 69:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22 Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

    23 Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

  • Ps 109:25
    71%

    25 As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.

  • Ps 69:25
    71%

    25 Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.

  • Ps 52:6
    71%

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

  • Zeph 2:10
    71%

    10 This will be their fate because of their pride, because they have said evil, lifting themselves up against the people of the Lord of armies.

  • Isa 45:16
    71%

    16 All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.

  • Jer 17:15
    71%

    15 See, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.

  • Ps 119:78
    71%

    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 25:3
    71%

    3 Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

  • Ps 129:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

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

    6 Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

  • Job 16:10
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 31:17
    71%

    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 38:16
    71%

    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.

  • Jer 18:22
    71%

    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.

  • Lam 2:15
    71%

    15 All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    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 35:8
    70%

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

  • Jer 20:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

    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 55:15
    70%

    15 Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

  • Lam 3:65
    70%

    65 You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.

  • Ps 59:12
    70%

    12 Because 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,

  • Isa 3:9
    70%

    9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.