Psalms 49:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 49:17 : 17 May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.
  • 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Then do not let my blood be drained out on the earth away from the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel has come out to take my life, like one going after birds in the mountains.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.
  • Ps 27:1-2 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me? 2 When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.
  • Ps 38:4 : 4 For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
  • Ps 46:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;
  • Ps 56:6-7 : 6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul. 7 By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
  • Prov 24:10 : 10 If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.
  • Isa 41:10-11 : 10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support. 11 Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.
  • Hos 7:2 : 2 And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.
  • Rom 8:33-34 : 33 Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil; 34 Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.
  • Eph 5:16 : 16 Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.
  • Phil 1:28 : 28 Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

Similar Verses (AI)

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    3 In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

    4 In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

    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.

  • Jer 17:17
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    17 Be not a cause of fear to me: you are my safe place in the day of evil.

  • Prov 3:25-26
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    25 Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

    26 For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.

  • 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.

  • 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 49:4
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    4 I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

  • Ps 13:4
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    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.

  • Prov 1:33
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    33 But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.

  • Ps 73:2-3
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    2 But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I was near to slipping;

    3 Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

  • Ps 49:6
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    6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

  • Ps 55:3-5
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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.

    4 My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

    5 Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.

  • Job 18:11
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    11 He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.

  • Ps 36:11
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    11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

  • Ps 40:12
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    12 For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

  • Job 9:28
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    28 I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

  • Ps 56:11
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    11 In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

  • Job 31:29
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    29 If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

  • 2 Sam 22:5
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    5 For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;

  • Ps 3:6
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    6 I will have no fear, though ten thousand have come round me, putting themselves against me.

  • Ps 27:2-3
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    2 When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.

    3 Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

  • Jer 13:22
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    22 And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come on me? because of the number of your sins, your skirts have been uncovered and violent punishment overtakes you.

  • Job 30:12
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    12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:

  • Ps 11:1
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    1 <For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

  • Job 33:10
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    10 See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

  • Ps 140:4-5
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    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.)

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    4 Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.

  • Job 12:5
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    5 In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

  • Job 13:27
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    27 And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;

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

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    16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?

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    25 For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.

  • Ps 17:5
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    5 I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

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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 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 41:9
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    9 Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

  • Job 31:5
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    5 If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

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    2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

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    27 When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

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    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

  • Job 23:15
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    15 For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.