Psalms 120:7

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I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

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  • Ps 109:4 : 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
  • Eph 2:14-17 : 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility. 15 He has abolished the law with its commandments and regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by which He put their hostility to death. 17 He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 24:9-9 : 9 David got up afterward, went out of the cave, and called after Saul, 'My lord the king!' When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage. 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."'
  • 1 Sam 26:2-4 : 2 So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, taking three thousand select men of Israel with him to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which faces the wilderness along the road, while David stayed in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul had come into the wilderness after him, 4 David sent out spies and learned that Saul had definitely come.
  • 2 Sam 20:19 : 19 I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to devour the LORD's inheritance?"
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
  • Ps 35:20 : 20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 55:20 : 20 God will hear and humble them—He who is enthroned from of old—Selah. They do not change and do not fear God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 120:6
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    6Too long has my soul dwelled with those who hate peace.

  • Ps 122:6-8
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    6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May those who love you prosper.'

    7May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your citadels.

    8For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, 'Peace be within you.'

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Isa 27:4-5
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    72%

    4I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me, I would march against them in battle and completely burn them together.

    5Or let them take hold of my refuge and make peace with me; yes, let them make peace with me.

  • Ps 27:3
    72%

    3Though an army encamps against me, my heart will not be afraid; though war rises against me, in this I will be confident.

  • Ps 55:18
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    18Evening, morning, and noon, I will complain and moan, and He hears my voice.

  • Ps 118:6-7
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    72%

    6The Lord is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

    7The Lord is on my side as my helper; I will look in triumph on those who hate me.

  • Ps 55:20-21
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    20God will hear and humble them—He who is enthroned from of old—Selah. They do not change and do not fear God.

    21He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has violated his covenant.

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

  • Ps 109:2-4
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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.

    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 140:2
    71%

    2Rescue me, O LORD, from evil people; protect me from men of violence.

  • Ps 139:21-22
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    71%

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

  • Ps 3:1
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    1A psalm of David, composed when he fled from his son Absalom.

  • Ps 125:5
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    5But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.

  • Jer 8:11
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    11They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.

  • Ps 13:4
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    4Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death.

  • Rom 3:17
    70%

    17And the way of peace they have not known.

  • Ps 28:3
    70%

    3Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak peace to their neighbors but harbor evil in their hearts.

  • Ps 31:13
    70%

    13I am forgotten like someone dead and gone; I have become like a broken vessel.

  • Isa 57:21
    70%

    21'There is no peace,' says my God, 'for the wicked.'

  • Ps 85:8
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    8Show us your steadfast love, LORD, and grant us your salvation.

  • Ps 38:19
    69%

    19I confess my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin.

  • Ps 25:19
    69%

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

  • Ps 41:7
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    7When one of them comes to visit, he speaks falsely, his heart gathers wickedness, and when he goes out, he tells it to others.

  • Deut 20:10
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    10When you approach a city to fight against it, offer it peace terms.

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

  • Matt 10:34
    69%

    34Do not think that I came to bring peace to the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

  • Isa 48:22
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    22'There is no peace for the wicked,' says the LORD.

  • Ps 3:6
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    6I lay down and slept; I awoke again, because the LORD sustains me.

  • Jas 3:18
    69%

    18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

  • Ps 57:4
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    4He will send help from heaven and save me; He reproaches those who pursue me. Selah. God will send His steadfast love and His faithfulness.

  • Ps 54:3
    69%

    3God, save me by Your name, and vindicate me by Your power.

  • Jer 9:8
    69%

    8Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

  • Ps 55:3
    69%

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

  • Ps 4:8
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    8You have put more joy in my heart than when their grain and new wine abound.

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    69%

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

  • Ps 38:12
    68%

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

  • Ezek 7:25
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    25Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but there will be none.

  • Jer 6:14
    68%

    14They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.

  • Ps 102:8
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    8I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on a housetop.

  • Ps 118:12
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    12They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the Lord, I cut them off.