Job 17:6

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He has made me a byword among the peoples, and I have become one at whom they spit.

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  • Job 30:9 : 9 And now I have become their taunt; I am a byword among them.
  • Ps 44:14 : 14 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 They have harps and lyres, tambourines and flutes, and wine at their banquets, but they pay no attention to the deeds of the Lord or consider the work of His hands.
  • Gen 31:27 : 27 Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? You didn’t even let me know so I could send you away with joy and singing, to the music of tambourines and harps.
  • 1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. Israel will then become a proverb and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

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    14I have become the laughingstock of all my people; their mocking song all day long.

    15He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink wormwood.

    16He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in ashes.

    17My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Job 30:9-10
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    9And now I have become their taunt; I am a byword among them.

    10They detest me and keep far from me; they do not refrain from spitting in my face.

  • Job 17:7
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    7My eyes have grown dim from grief, and all my limbs are like a shadow.

  • Ps 69:11-12
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    11I wept and fasted, but it brought reproach on me.

    12I wore sackcloth as my clothing and became a byword to them.

  • Job 16:7-12
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    7Surely now, God has worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

    8You have bound me up as a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

    9His anger tears at me, and he hates me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

    10They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.

    11God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

    12I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

  • Ps 22:6-7
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    6To you they cried out and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

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  • Lam 3:11
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    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Ps 31:11-12
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    11My life is consumed with grief and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasting away.

    12I am a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more to my neighbors—a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me on the street flee from me.

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    3Surely against me He turns His hand again and again, all day long.

    4He has worn away my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.

    5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

    6He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

  • Ps 109:25
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    25I am an object of scorn to them; when they see me, they shake their heads.

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    3You have insulted me ten times now; you are not even ashamed that you mistreat me.

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    19He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

  • Ps 44:14
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    14You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

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    11His anger burns against me, and He counts me as one of His enemies.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; attackers I did not know came against me, ripping at me without ceasing.

  • Job 19:9
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    9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

  • Job 19:18-19
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    18Even little children despise me; when I rise, they speak against me.

    19All my close friends abhor me, and those I loved have turned against me.

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    15I have sewn sackcloth over my skin and buried my strength in the dust.

  • Jer 20:10
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    10I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'

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    8I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on a housetop.

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    2Surely mockers are with me, and my eye must dwell on their provocations.

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    14For I am stricken all day long and chastened every morning.

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    13He has driven my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances have turned against me.

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    19I was like a gentle lamb being led to the slaughter. I did not realize they had plotted against me, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will never be remembered again.’

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    2He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand, He hid me. He made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in His quiver.

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    21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day you have announced, so they may become like me.