Psalms 59:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 2:4 : 4 Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.
  • Ps 37:13 : 13 He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.
  • Prov 1:26 : 26 So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
  • Matt 18:17 : 17 And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
  • Ps 59:5 : 5 You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)
  • 1 Sam 19:15-16 : 15 And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death. 16 And when the men came in, there was the image in the bed, with the cushion of goat's hair at its head

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 2:4-5
    2 verses
    84%

    4 Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

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

  • Ps 37:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

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

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

  • Ps 52:6
    79%

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

  • Prov 1:26
    77%

    26 So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;

  • Hab 1:10
    75%

    10 He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.

  • Ps 80:6
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    6 You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

  • Jer 48:26-27
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    75%

    26 Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.

    27 For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.

  • Ps 59:7
    74%

    7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

  • 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 8:21
    73%

    21 The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

  • Job 22:19
    73%

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

  • Ps 89:42
    72%

    42 You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.

  • Lam 3:60-61
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    72%

    60 You have seen all the evil rewards they have sent on me, and all their designs against me.

    61 Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me;

  • Isa 37:22
    72%

    22 This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

  • Ps 74:18
    72%

    18 Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

  • Ps 59:9
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    9 O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.

  • Ps 44:13-14
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    13 You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

    14 Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

  • Ps 118:10
    72%

    10 All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

  • Job 5:22
    71%

    22 You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth.

  • Ps 89:51
    71%

    51 The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.

  • 2 Kgs 19:21
    71%

    21 This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

  • Jer 49:15
    70%

    15 For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men.

  • Mic 7:16
    70%

    16 The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.

  • Ps 3:7
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    7 Come 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.

  • Isa 28:22
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    22 And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.

  • Lam 2:17
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    17 The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.

  • Jer 20:7
    70%

    7 O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.

  • Ps 5:11
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    11 But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.

  • Ezek 22:5
    70%

    5 Those who are near and those who are far from you will make sport of you; your name is unclean, you are full of sounds of fear.

  • Ps 9:19
    70%

    19 Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

  • Zeph 2:10
    70%

    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.

  • 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,

  • Ps 126:2
    70%

    2 Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.

  • Ps 53:5
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    5 They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

  • Ps 18:43
    69%

    43 You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

  • Job 11:3
    69%

    3 Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

  • Ps 9:5
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    5 You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

  • Ps 149:7
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    7 To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;

  • Ps 8:2
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    2 You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

  • Ps 59:5
    69%

    5 You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

  • Jer 16:19
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    19 O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.

  • Ps 92:8
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    8 But you, O Lord, are on high for ever.

  • Ps 69:24
    69%

    24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

  • Lam 3:14
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    14 I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.

  • Ps 64:8
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    8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.