Psalms 109:5

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They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:13 : 13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
  • Ps 55:12-15 : 12 Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets. 13 For it is not an enemy who insults me—then I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who has exalted himself against me—then I could hide from him. 14 But it is you, a man like me, my companion and my close friend. 15 We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.
  • Mark 14:44-45 : 44 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: "The one I kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard." 45 Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him.
  • Luke 6:16 : 16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
  • Luke 22:47-48 : 47 While he was still speaking, a crowd came, and the man called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him. 48 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"
  • John 13:18 : 18 I am not speaking about all of you. I know those I have chosen. But this is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled: 'The one who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.'
  • Gen 44:4 : 4 They had just left the city and had not gone far when Joseph said to his steward, "Get up, pursue the men. When you catch up to them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil?'
  • 2 Sam 15:12 : 12 While he was offering the sacrifices, Absalom also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his hometown of Giloh. And the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 Then someone told David, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.' So David prayed, 'O LORD, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.'
  • Ps 35:7-9 : 7 For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life. 8 May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap. 9 Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and be joyful in His salvation. 10 All my bones will say, 'Lord, who is like You? You rescue the afflicted from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from their oppressors.' 11 False witnesses rise up; they question me about things I do not know. 12 They repay me evil for good, leaving my soul in grief.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:2-4
    3 verses
    85%

    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

    3They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.

    4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

  • Ps 35:12
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    12They repay me evil for good, leaving my soul in grief.

  • Ps 38:19-20
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    19I confess my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin.

    20But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

  • Ps 109:20
    81%

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

  • Jer 18:20
    77%

    20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak on their behalf, to turn Your wrath away from them.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19Look at my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with violent hatred.

  • Ps 139:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

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

    21Do I not hate those who hate You, LORD, and detest those who rise up against You?

    22I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them as my enemies.

  • Ps 55:3
    76%

    3Pay attention to me and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am distraught.

  • Ps 109:6
    76%

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

  • Ps 54:5
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    5For strangers have risen against me, and ruthless ones seek my life; they have not set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

    6All day long they twist my words; all their plans are against me for evil.

  • Ps 7:4
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    4O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands,

  • Job 19:19
    74%

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

  • Job 16:9-11
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    74%

    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.

  • Ps 41:7
    74%

    7When one of them comes to visit, he speaks falsely, his heart gathers wickedness, and when he goes out, he tells it to others.

  • Ps 102:8
    74%

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

  • Ps 69:4
    73%

    4I am tired of calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are worn out from looking for my God.

  • Job 31:29
    73%

    29If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • Matt 5:43-44
    2 verses
    72%

    43You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

    44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

  • Ps 35:19
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    72%

    21David had just been saying, "It’s been for nothing that I guarded everything belonging to this man in the wilderness. Nothing was missing, yet he has repaid me evil for good.

  • Ps 71:10
    71%

    10For my enemies have spoken against me; those who watch my life conspire together.

  • Ps 41:10
    71%

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

  • Ps 70:2
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    2God, deliver me! LORD, hurry to help me!

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    71%

    41You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and I destroyed those who hated me.

  • Ps 21:11
    71%

    11You will destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among mankind.

  • Job 19:11
    71%

    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.

  • Luke 6:27
    71%

    27But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.

  • Job 30:10
    71%

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

  • Lam 3:64-65
    2 verses
    71%

    64Repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

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

  • Mic 3:2
    71%

    2You who hate good and love evil; you tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones.

  • Ps 38:12
    71%

    12My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.

  • Ps 109:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    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 55:12
    71%

    12Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets.

  • Prov 17:13
    70%

    13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.

  • Lam 3:60
    70%

    60You have seen all their vengeance, all their plans against me.

  • Lam 3:3
    70%

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

  • John 15:25
    70%

    25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'