Psalms 109:28

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

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  • Num 22:12 : 12 But God said to Balaam, 'Do not go with them. You must not curse the people, for they are blessed.'
  • Num 23:20 : 20 'Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.'
  • Num 23:23 : 23 'There is no divination against Jacob, no sorcery against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel: "See what God has done!"'
  • 2 Sam 16:10-13 : 10 But the king replied, "What does this have to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord told him to curse David, who can ask, 'Why did you do this?'" 11 David then said to Abishai and all his servants, "Look, my own son who came from my own body is trying to take my life. How much more now this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to. 12 Perhaps the Lord will look upon my affliction and repay me with good for the curses I am receiving today. 13 So David and his men continued along the road, while Shimei kept pace with him on the hillside opposite, cursing and throwing stones and dirt at him.
  • Ps 109:17 : 17 He loved to curse—may it come back to him; he took no delight in blessing—may it be far from him.
  • Isa 65:13-16 : 13 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, my servants will eat, but you will go hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.' 14 Behold, my servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from the pain of your hearts and wail from a broken spirit. 15 You will leave behind your name as a curse for my chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will put you to death; but to his servants, he will give another name. 16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
  • John 16:22 : 22 So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising its shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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

  • Ps 109:27
    80%

    27Let them know that this is Your hand; that You, Lord, have done it.

  • Ps 35:26-27
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    79%

    26Let those who rejoice at my distress be ashamed and disgraced together; let those who exalt themselves over me wear shame and dishonor.

    27Let those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and be glad; may they always say, 'The Lord be magnified, who delights in the peace of His servant.'

  • Ps 40:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me; hurry, LORD, to help me.

    15Let those who seek to take my life be put to shame and confounded together. Let those who desire my harm be driven back and disgraced.

  • Ps 109:17-20
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    75%

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

    18He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment; it seeped into his body like water, into his bones like oil.

    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.

  • Lam 3:65
    74%

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

  • Luke 6:28
    74%

    28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

  • Ps 83:16-17
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    74%

    16so pursue them with your storm and terrify them with your tempest.

    17Fill their faces with shame so that they will seek your name, O LORD.

  • Rom 12:14
    73%

    14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

  • Job 3:8
    73%

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

  • Jer 17:18
    73%

    18May my persecutors be put to shame, but may I not be put to shame. May they be dismayed, but may I not be dismayed. Bring upon them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction.

  • Ps 35:4
    73%

    4Let those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; let those who devise harm against me retreat and be humiliated.

  • 2 Sam 16:12
    72%

    12Perhaps the Lord will look upon my affliction and repay me with good for the curses I am receiving today.

  • Ps 70:2
    72%

    2God, deliver me! LORD, hurry to help me!

  • Ps 37:22
    72%

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

  • Ps 62:4
    72%

    4How long will you assault a man? Would you all throw him down—like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

  • Isa 26:11
    72%

    11LORD, Your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; the fire reserved for Your enemies will consume them.

  • Num 23:8
    72%

    8How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those the LORD has not denounced?

  • Ps 140:9
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    9Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 109:15
    72%

    15May their sins always remain before the Lord, and may He cut off their memory from the earth.

  • Ps 71:13
    72%

    13May my accusers perish in shame; may they be covered with scorn and disgrace who seek to harm me.

  • Jer 18:23
    72%

    23But You, Lord, know all their plans to kill me. Do not forgive their wrongdoing, do not blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them collapse before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

  • Deut 33:11
    72%

    11Lord, bless his strength and accept the work of his hands. Crush the loins of his adversaries and those who hate him, so they do not rise again.

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    20They speak of You with evil intent; Your adversaries misuse Your name.

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    11Declare them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own schemes. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against You.

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    71%

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

  • Job 8:22
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    22Your enemies will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

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

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    71%

    19Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

  • Ps 35:24
    71%

    24Vindicate me according to Your righteousness, Lord my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

  • Gen 27:29
    71%

    29May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, and blessed be those who bless you.

  • Ps 119:78
    71%

    78May the insolent be ashamed for wronging me with lies, but I will meditate on Your precepts.

  • Ps 129:8
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    8And those who pass by do not say, 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'

  • Ps 69:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27For they persecute those you have struck, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.

    28Add guilt to their guilt, and let them not enter into your righteousness.

  • Ps 41:10
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    10Even my close friend, someone I trusted, who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

  • Ps 109:6-7
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    70%

    6Appoint a wicked person over him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand.

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

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    25But it will go well with those who rebuke, and a blessing of goodness will come upon them.

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    5Let all who hate Zion be shamed and turned back.

  • Ps 31:16
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    16My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

  • Ps 132:9
    70%

    9Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let Your faithful ones shout for joy.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will be found guilty.

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    7May my enemy be like the wicked and my adversary like the unrighteous!