Psalms 109:18

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He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment; it seeped into his body like water, into his bones like oil.

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  • Ps 73:6 : 6 Therefore, pride is their necklace; violence clothes them like a garment.
  • Num 5:22 : 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body, causing your abdomen to swell and your thigh to waste away.' And the woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'
  • Num 5:27 : 27 When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her, causing her abdomen to swell and her thigh to shrink. The woman will then become a curse among her people.
  • Job 20:12-16 : 12 Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, 13 though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth, 14 yet his food in his stomach is turned to the venom of cobras within him. 15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God drives it out of his stomach. 16 He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.
  • Job 20:20-23 : 20 Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures. 21 Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last. 22 In the fullness of his plenty, he will be distressed; the hand of all who toil will come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats.
  • Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
  • Matt 26:24 : 24 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would have been better for him if he had not been born."
  • Matt 27:3-5 : 3 Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned. Feeling remorse, he returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4 He said, 'I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.' But they replied, 'What is that to us? You take care of it.' 5 Then, throwing the silver pieces into the temple, he left. He went and hanged himself.
  • Acts 1:18 : 18 (With the reward he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.)
  • Acts 1:25 : 25 To take up the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.
  • Col 3:12 : 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 In the same way, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:16-17
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    88%

    16Because he did not remember to show kindness but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted to their death.

    17He loved to curse—may it come back to him; he took no delight in blessing—may it be far from him.

  • Ps 109:19-20
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    84%

    19May it be like a robe wrapped around him, like a belt tied around him always.

    20Let this be the Lord's reward to my adversaries and to those who speak evil against me.

  • Job 20:14-15
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    73%

    14yet his food in his stomach is turned to the venom of cobras within him.

    15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God drives it out of his stomach.

  • Ps 109:7-11
    5 verses
    72%

    7When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer become sin.

    8Let his days be few; let another take his office.

    9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

    10May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes.

    11May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

  • 14Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

  • 8May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.

  • Ps 109:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

    29Let my accusers be clothed with shame and wrapped in their disgrace as in a cloak.

  • 18With great force my garment is disfigured; it binds me like the collar of my tunic.

  • Job 33:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19A person is also chastened with pain on their bed and continual aching in their bones.

    20Their life begins to loathe food, and their soul rejects even the most desirable meal.

    21Their flesh wastes away so that it can no longer be seen, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.

  • 23When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats.

  • 28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

  • Job 16:13-14
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    71%

    13His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

    14He breaks me with breach upon breach; he rushes at me like a warrior.

  • 16His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

  • 11The youthful vigor that filled his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

  • 7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

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

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

  • 19The LORD will not be willing to forgive such a person. His anger and jealousy will burn against them, and every curse written in this scroll will fall on them. The LORD will blot out their name from under the heavens.

  • Ps 140:9-10
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    70%

    9Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

    10May the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

  • 8Let those who curse the day curse it, those who are skilled to rouse Leviathan.

  • 14They open their mouths against me, like a lion ripping and roaring.

  • 18Swift upon the surface of the waters they are; their portion is cursed in the land; they do not turn to the way of the vineyards.

  • Job 18:12-13
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    69%

    12Hunger consumes his strength, and calamity is ready at his side.

    13It devours parts of his skin; death's firstborn consumes his limbs.

  • 22They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

  • 65Give them hardness of heart; may Your curse be upon them.

  • 22For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

  • 22May this water that brings a curse enter your body, causing your abdomen to swell and your thigh to waste away.' And the woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'

  • 22He feels pain only in his own flesh and mourns only for himself.

  • 16They dig a pit and hollow it out, only to fall into the hole they have made.

  • 7His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

  • 18By the wrath of the LORD Almighty, the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother.

  • 6Therefore, pride is their necklace; violence clothes them like a garment.

  • 12Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

  • 12Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit;

  • 24Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble.

  • 31You would plunge me into a pit, and even my clothes would abhor me.

  • 30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—