Psalms 55:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

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  • Ps 41:9 : 9 Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.
  • 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.
  • Matt 26:21-23 : 21 And while they were taking food, he said, Truly I say to you that one of you will be false to me. 22 And they were very said, and said to him, one by one, Is it I, Lord? 23 And he made answer and said, He who puts his hand into the plate with me, the same will be false to me.
  • John 13:18 : 18 I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.
  • John 18:2-3 : 2 And Judas, who was false to him, had knowledge of the place because Jesus went there frequently with his disciples. 3 So Judas, getting a band of armed men and police from the chief priests and Pharisees, went there with lights and with arms.
  • Ps 38:16 : 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.
  • Isa 10:15 : 15 Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.

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  • Ps 55:13
    82%

    13But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.

  • Job 31:29
    79%

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

  • Ps 55:3
    79%

    3I 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 35:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

    15But 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 31:11
    77%

    11Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

  • Job 13:24
    76%

    24Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

  • Ps 13:4
    76%

    4And 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 44:16
    76%

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

  • Jer 20:10-11
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    76%

    10For 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.

    11But 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 7:4
    76%

    4If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

  • Ps 35:19
    76%

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

  • Job 33:10
    76%

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

  • Ps 102:8
    75%

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

  • Job 19:5
    75%

    5If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • Job 19:3
    75%

    3Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.

  • Ps 35:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    25Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

    26Let 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 71:10
    74%

    10For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • Job 19:11
    74%

    11His wrath is burning against me, and I am to him as one of his haters.

  • Ps 25:19
    74%

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

  • Job 16:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    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 41:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.

    11By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

  • Ps 41:7
    74%

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

  • Job 13:20
    73%

    20Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face:

  • Ps 38:19
    73%

    19But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.

  • Ps 109:20
    73%

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

  • Job 27:7
    73%

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

  • Ps 41:5
    73%

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

  • Job 9:35
    73%

    35Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

  • Ps 38:16
    73%

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

  • Lam 1:21
    73%

    21Give 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.

  • Ps 69:7
    73%

    7I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

  • Ps 55:11
    73%

    11Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

  • Deut 32:27
    72%

    27But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.

  • Ps 56:2
    72%

    2My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.

  • Ps 69:20
    72%

    20My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.

  • Job 19:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.

    19All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

  • Job 19:13
    72%

    13He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

  • Isa 50:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.

    8He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12Those 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 35:12
    72%

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

  • Ps 13:2
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    2How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

  • Jer 15:17
    72%

    17I did not take my seat among the band of those who are glad, and I had no joy; I kept by myself because of your hand; for you have made me full of wrath.

  • Prov 5:12
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    12And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;