Psalms 27:2

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When evildoers come against me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumble and fall.

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  • Ps 14:4 : 4 Do all the evildoers not understand? They devour my people as if they were eating bread, but they do not call upon the LORD.
  • Job 19:22 : 22 Why do you pursue me as God does and are not satisfied with my flesh?
  • John 18:3-6 : 3 So Judas came there with a detachment of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons. 4 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, 'Whom are you looking for?' 5 They answered him, 'Jesus the Nazarene.' Jesus said to them, 'I am he.' Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When Jesus said to them, 'I am he,' they stepped back and fell to the ground.
  • Ps 9:3 : 3 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
  • Job 31:31 : 31 if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been satisfied with Job’s meat?’
  • Ps 18:4 : 4 I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies.
  • Ps 18:38-42 : 38 I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are destroyed. 39 I crush them, and they cannot rise; they fall beneath my feet. 40 You arm me with strength for battle; You humble my adversaries beneath me. 41 You have made my enemies turn their backs in retreat, and I destroy those who hate me. 42 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—to the LORD, but He does not answer.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 My 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 53:4 : 4 All have turned away; together they have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.
  • Ps 62:3-4 : 3 Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken. 4 How long will you assault a man? Would you all throw him down—like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
  • Ps 118:12 : 12 They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the Lord, I cut them off.
  • Isa 8:15 : 15 Many will stumble over it; they will fall and be broken, they will be ensnared and captured.
  • Ps 3:7 : 7 I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 22:38-41
    4 verses
    78%

    38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and I did not turn back until they were consumed.

    39I crushed them and shattered them so they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.

    40You equipped me with strength for battle; you subdued my adversaries beneath me.

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

  • Ps 18:37-40
    4 verses
    77%

    37You widen the path beneath me, so my feet do not slip.

    38I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are destroyed.

    39I crush them, and they cannot rise; they fall beneath my feet.

    40You arm me with strength for battle; You humble my adversaries beneath me.

  • Ps 56:2
    77%

    2Be gracious to me, O God, for mankind pursues me; all day long an attacker oppresses me!

  • Ps 9:3
    77%

    3I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.

  • Ps 27:3
    77%

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

  • Ps 27:1
    76%

    1The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?

  • Ps 71:10
    76%

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

  • Job 27:7
    75%

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

  • Ps 17:9
    75%

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

  • Ps 118:13
    75%

    13You pushed me hard so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.

  • 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.

  • Ps 38:19-20
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    75%

    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 27:12
    75%

    12Do not hand me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

  • Ps 35:15
    75%

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

  • Ps 25:19
    74%

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

  • Ps 3:7
    74%

    7I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.

  • Ps 71:13
    74%

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

  • Ps 22:16
    74%

    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 41:5
    74%

    5I said, 'O LORD, have mercy on me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.'

  • Ps 41:9
    74%

    9They say, 'A vile disease has overtaken him, and he will never rise again from where he lies.'

  • Ps 7:5
    74%

    5if I have repaid my friend with evil or have plundered my enemy without cause,

  • Ps 22:13
    74%

    13Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

  • Ps 57:6
    73%

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

  • 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 118:7
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    7The Lord is on my side as my helper; I will look in triumph on those who hate me.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    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.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    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 143:3
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    3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • Ps 102:8
    73%

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

  • Ps 17:13
    73%

    13Arise, Lord! Confront them, bring them down. With your sword, rescue me from the wicked.

  • Jer 20:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'

    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.

  • Job 30:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12On my right-hand side, the mob rises up; they push away my feet and build up their ways of destruction against me.

    13They tear up my path; they help advance my ruin, even though no one comes to assist them.

    14They come in as through a wide breach; chaos rolls in like a wave under the crash of destruction.

  • Ps 54:3
    73%

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

  • Mic 3:3
    73%

    3You eat the flesh of my people, strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot, like flesh in a cauldron.

  • Ps 59:3
    72%

    3Deliver me from evildoers, and save me from those who thirst for blood.

  • Ps 55:3
    72%

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

  • 2 Sam 22:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from those who hated me and were too strong for me.

    19They confronted me on the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.