Psalms 69:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

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  • Ps 35:19 : 19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.
  • John 15:25 : 25 This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
  • Ps 40:12 : 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.
  • Isa 53:4-7 : 4 But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come. 5 But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well. 6 We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all. 7 Men were cruel to him, but he was gentle and quiet; as a lamb taken to its death, and as a sheep before those who take her wool makes no sound, so he said not a word.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
  • Ps 59:3 : 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.
  • Ps 109:3-5 : 3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause. 4 For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer. 5 They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:
  • Ps 38:19-20 : 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 7:3-5 : 3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong; 4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause; 5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
  • Ps 35:11-12 : 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.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 25:19
    79%

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

  • Ps 38:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    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 35:19
    78%

    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 109:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

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

    4 For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.

    5 They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

  • Ps 7:4
    76%

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

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    75%

    41 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

  • Ps 40:12
    75%

    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.

  • Lam 3:52
    75%

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

  • Job 16:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 I 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;

    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 139:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

    20 For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.

    21 Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

    22 My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.

  • Ps 71:10
    75%

    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 18:40
    75%

    40 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

  • Ps 102:8
    74%

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

  • Ps 69:3
    74%

    3 I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.

  • Ps 41:7
    74%

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

  • Ps 69:5
    74%

    5 O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.

  • Ps 55:3
    73%

    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.

  • Job 19:19
    73%

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

  • Ps 35:15
    73%

    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 70:2
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 56:2
    73%

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

  • Ps 59:3
    72%

    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.

  • Job 31:29
    72%

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

  • Ps 13:4
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12 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.

  • Ps 71:13
    72%

    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 54:3
    72%

    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.)

  • Job 19:9
    72%

    9 He has put off my glory from me, and taken the crown from my head.

  • Ps 3:1
    72%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.

  • Ps 83:2
    71%

    2 For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.

  • Ps 56:5
    71%

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

  • Ps 40:14
    71%

    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.

  • Job 19:11
    71%

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

  • Job 33:10
    71%

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

  • Ps 69:18
    71%

    18 Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

  • Job 30:13
    71%

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

  • Ps 118:7
    71%

    7 The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire against my haters.

  • Ps 59:1
    71%

    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death.> Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

  • Lam 1:21
    71%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 22:18
    71%

    18 He made me free from my strong hater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

  • Ps 109:20
    71%

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

  • Ps 55:12
    70%

    12 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;

  • Ps 17:9
    70%

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

  • Ps 18:17
    70%

    17 He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.