Psalms 119:85

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The arrogant have dug pits for me, contrary to Your law.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life.
  • Ps 119:78 : 78 May the insolent be ashamed for wronging me with lies, but I will meditate on Your precepts.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Should 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 7:15 : 15 Behold, the wicked conceives evil, is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Extend your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright in heart.
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 For the director, 'Do Not Destroy,' a Miktam of David. 2 Do you rulers truly speak justice? Do you judge people with fairness?

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    4They sharpen their tongues like serpents; the venom of vipers is under their lips. Selah.

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

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

  • Ps 119:78
    77%

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

  • Ps 119:86-87
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    86All Your commandments are faithful; they persecute me falsely—help me!

    87They almost wiped me off the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

  • Ps 57:6
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    6Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth.

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

  • Ps 86:14
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    14O God, arrogant people have risen against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set You before them.

  • Ps 119:84
    74%

    84How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

  • Ps 35:7
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    7For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life.

  • Ps 119:110
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    110The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:95
    73%

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

  • Ps 119:21-23
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    73%

    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 10:2
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    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

  • Ps 9:15
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    15So that I may recount all your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion; I will rejoice in your salvation.

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

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

  • Ps 141:9
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    9Keep me from the trap they have set for me and from the snares of those who do evil.

  • Ps 119:61
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    61Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget Your law.

  • Ps 7:15
    71%

    15Behold, the wicked conceives evil, is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3Deliver me from evildoers, and save me from those who thirst for blood.

  • Ps 119:150
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    150Those who pursue wicked schemes draw near, but they are far from Your law.

  • Ps 119:157-158
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    157Though many are my persecutors and my adversaries, I have not turned from Your testimonies.

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

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

  • Ps 17:11
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    11They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

  • Jer 18:22
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    22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.

  • Ps 129:3
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    3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made their furrows long.

  • Ps 35:24
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    24Vindicate me according to Your righteousness, Lord my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

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    9He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.

  • Ps 55:3
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    3Pay attention to me and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am distraught.

  • Ps 56:6
    69%

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

  • 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 119:155
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    155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek Your statutes.

  • Ps 119:53
    69%

    53Indignation grips me because of the wicked who have abandoned Your law.

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    143Trouble and anguish have seized me, yet Your commandments are my delight.

  • Jer 18:20
    69%

    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 109:2
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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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    32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9Protect me from the wicked who attack me, from my life’s enemies who surround me.

  • Ps 119:141
    68%

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

  • 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.

  • Ps 38:12
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    12My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10For my enemies have spoken against me; those who watch my life conspire together.

  • Ps 22:16
    68%

    16My strength is dried up like a broken piece of pottery, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

  • Ps 119:126
    68%

    126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.

  • Ps 35:15
    68%

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