Psalms 119:78

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

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  • 1 Sam 24:10-12 : 10 David said to Saul, 'Why do you listen to the words of men who say, "David seeks your harm"?' 11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."' 12 Look, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Know and understand that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not sinned against you, but you are hunting me down to take my life.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul asked, 'Is that your voice, my son David?' And Saul wept aloud.
  • 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 And he added, "Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong is in my hand?
  • Ps 1:2 : 2 Instead, his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law, he meditates day and night.
  • Ps 7:3-5 : 3 Otherwise, they will tear me apart like a lion, ripping me to pieces with no one to rescue. 4 O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands, 5 if I have repaid my friend with evil or have plundered my enemy without cause,
  • Ps 25:3 : 3 Indeed, none who wait for you will be put to shame; but those who act treacherously without cause will be ashamed.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life.
  • Ps 35:26 : 26 Let those who rejoice at my distress be ashamed and disgraced together; let those who exalt themselves over me wear shame and dishonor.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 I am tired of calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are worn out from looking for my God.
  • Ps 109:3 : 3 They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.
  • Ps 119:21 : 21 You have rebuked the arrogant, who are cursed, those who stray from Your commandments.
  • Ps 119:23 : 23 Though rulers sit and speak against me, Your servant will meditate on Your statutes.
  • Ps 119:51 : 51 The arrogant mock me incessantly, but I do not turn away from Your law.
  • Ps 119:85-86 : 85 The arrogant have dug pits for me, contrary to Your law. 86 All Your commandments are faithful; they persecute me falsely—help me!
  • Jer 50:32 : 32 The arrogant one will stumble and fall, and no one will help him up. I will set fire to his cities, and it will devour all around him.
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 What credit is it if you sin and are beaten for it, and you endure? But if you do good and suffer for it, and you endure, this is commendable before God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 119:69
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    69The insolent smear me with lies, but I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

  • Ps 119:79-80
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    79Let those who fear You turn to me, along with those who know Your testimonies.

    80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, so that I will not be put to shame.

  • Ps 119:51
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    51The arrogant mock me incessantly, but I do not turn away from Your law.

  • Ps 119:161
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    161Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word.

  • Ps 35:26
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    26Let those who rejoice at my distress be ashamed and disgraced together; let those who exalt themselves over me wear shame and dishonor.

  • Ps 119:21-23
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    77%

    21You have rebuked the arrogant, who are cursed, those who stray from Your commandments.

    22Remove from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

    23Though rulers sit and speak against me, Your servant will meditate on Your statutes.

  • Ps 119:85
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    85The arrogant have dug pits for me, contrary to Your law.

  • Ps 119:6-7
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    6Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

    7I will praise You with an upright heart as I learn Your righteous judgments.

  • Ps 40:14
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    14Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me; hurry, LORD, to help me.

  • Ps 119:15-16
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    15I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways.

    16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

  • Ps 25:3
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    3Indeed, none who wait for you will be put to shame; but those who act treacherously without cause will be ashamed.

  • Ps 119:46
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    46I will speak of Your testimonies before kings and not be ashamed.

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

  • Ps 119:39
    74%

    39Take away the disgrace that I dread, for Your judgments are good.

  • Ps 83:17
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    17Fill their faces with shame so that they will seek your name, O LORD.

  • Ps 119:31
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    31I cling to Your testimonies; O LORD, do not let me be put to shame.

  • Ps 31:17-18
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    17Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

    18O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I have called out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silent in the grave.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plot to overthrow my steps.

  • Ps 119:141
    73%

    141Though I am small and despised, I never forget Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:110
    73%

    110The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:116
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    116Sustain me as You have promised, and I will live; do not let me be ashamed of my hope.

  • Ps 119:158
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    158I look at the faithless with loathing, because they do not keep Your word.

  • 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 119:122
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    122Be surety for Your servant for good; do not let the proud oppress me.

  • Ps 119:95
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    95The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

  • Ps 109:29
    72%

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

  • Ps 119:42
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    42Then I will answer those who taunt me, for I trust in Your word.

  • Ps 71:13
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    13May my accusers perish in shame; may they be covered with scorn and disgrace who seek to harm me.

  • Ps 35:4
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    4Let those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; let those who devise harm against me retreat and be humiliated.

  • Ps 35:19
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    19Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

  • Jer 20:11
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    11But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly disgraced, their dishonor will never be forgotten.

  • Ps 119:11
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    11I have hidden Your word in my heart so that I might not sin against You.

  • Ps 69:7
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    7Let those who hope in you, Lord God of Hosts, not be ashamed because of me; let those who seek you, God of Israel, not be humiliated because of me.

  • Ps 119:77
    72%

    77Let Your mercy come to me that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

  • Ps 10:2
    72%

    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

  • Ps 119:118
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    118You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is falsehood.

  • Ps 119:113
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    113I hate those with divided hearts, but I love Your law.

  • Ps 119:67
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    67Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep Your word.

  • Ps 35:24
    71%

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

  • Ps 119:71
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    71It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn Your statutes.

  • Ps 36:11
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    11Extend your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright in heart.

  • Ps 71:24
    71%

    24My tongue will proclaim your righteousness all day long, for those who sought to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.

  • Ps 119:128
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    128Therefore, I consider all Your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.

  • Ps 119:27
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    27Make me understand the way of Your precepts, and I will meditate on Your wonderful deeds.