Psalms 69:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 15:3 : 3 For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.
  • Ps 119:139 : 139 My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.
  • John 2:14-17 : 14 And there in the Temple he saw men trading in oxen and sheep and doves, and he saw the changers of money in their seats: 15 And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables; 16 And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market. 17 And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.
  • Ps 89:50-51 : 50 Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart; 51 The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
  • Mark 11:15-17 : 15 And they came to Jerusalem; and he went into the Temple, and sent out those who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who were offering doves for money; 16 And he would not let any man take a vessel through the Temple. 17 And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.
  • 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.
  • 1 Chr 15:27-29 : 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen, as were all the Levites who took up the ark, and those who made melody, and Chenaniah the master of those who made melody; and David had on a linen ephod; 28 So all Israel took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, with loud cries and with horns and brass and corded instruments sounding loudly. 29 And when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and playing; and to her mind he seemed foolish.
  • 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 And because this house of God is dear to me, I give my private store of gold and silver to the house of my God, in addition to all I have got ready for the holy house;
  • Ps 89:41 : 41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 69:10-12
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    10 My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.

    11 When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.

    12 I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.

  • Ps 69:6-8
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    81%

    6 Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

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

    8 I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.

  • John 2:17
    79%

    17 And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

  • Ps 69:17-21
    5 verses
    76%

    17 Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

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

    19 You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.

    20 My 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.

    21 They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.

  • Ps 119:139
    76%

    139 My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.

  • Ps 89:50-51
    2 verses
    74%

    50 Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;

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

  • Ps 102:8-10
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    74%

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

    9 I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:

    10 Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you.

  • Ps 119:22
    72%

    22 Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.

  • Ps 109:25
    72%

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

  • Ps 69:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

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

    4 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.

  • Ps 31:11
    71%

    11 Because 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 19:3
    71%

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

  • Ps 44:16
    71%

    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 71:13
    71%

    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.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    71%

    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.

  • Jer 15:15-17
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    70%

    15 O Lord, you have knowledge: keep me in mind and come to my help, and give their right reward to those who are attacking me; take me not away, for you are slow to be angry: see how I have undergone shame because of you from all those who make little of your word;

    16 But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

    17 I 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.

  • Ps 31:9
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    9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

  • Job 19:18-19
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    18 Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.

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

  • Ps 69:26
    70%

    26 Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

  • Ps 39:10
    70%

    10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

  • Ps 79:4
    70%

    4 We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us.

  • Ps 119:42
    69%

    42 So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.

  • Job 19:15
    69%

    15 I am strange to my women-servants, and seem to them as one from another country.

  • Jer 20:8
    69%

    8 For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.

  • Ps 22:6
    69%

    6 But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

  • Isa 64:11
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    11 In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?

  • Lam 1:13
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    13 From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.

  • Ps 79:12
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    12 And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.

  • Ps 35:15
    69%

    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.

  • Job 19:22
    69%

    22 Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?

  • Lam 3:14
    68%

    14 I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.

  • Ps 89:41
    68%

    41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

  • Ps 109:22
    68%

    22 For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

  • Ps 143:4
    68%

    4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.