Psalms 40:15

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Let those who seek to take my life be put to shame and confounded together. Let those who desire my harm be driven back and disgraced.

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  • Ps 35:21 : 21 They open their mouths wide against me and say, 'Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!'
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 Do not let them say in their hearts, 'Aha, just what we wanted!' Do not let them say, 'We have swallowed him up!'
  • Ps 69:24-25 : 24 Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble. 25 Pour out your indignation on them, and let your fierce anger overtake them.
  • Ps 70:3-4 : 3 Let those who seek my life be ashamed and humiliated. Let those who desire my harm retreat in disgrace. 4 Let those who say, "Aha! Aha!" turn back because of their shame.
  • Ps 73:19 : 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
  • Ps 109:6-9 : 6 Appoint a wicked person over him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand. 7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; let another take his office. 9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes. 11 May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. 12 Let there be no one to show him kindness, and no one to be gracious to his fatherless children. 13 May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation. 14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out. 15 May their sins always remain before the Lord, and may He cut off their memory from the earth. 16 Because he did not remember to show kindness but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted to their death. 17 He loved to curse—may it come back to him; he took no delight in blessing—may it be far from him. 18 He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment; it seeped into his body like water, into his bones like oil. 19 May it be like a robe wrapped around him, like a belt tied around him always. 20 Let this be the Lord's reward to my adversaries and to those who speak evil against me.
  • Luke 19:43-44 : 43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a barricade against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. 44 They will crush you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.
  • Luke 21:23-24 : 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 70:2-3
    2 verses
    89%

    2God, deliver me! LORD, hurry to help me!

    3Let those who seek my life be ashamed and humiliated. Let those who desire my harm retreat in disgrace.

  • Ps 40:14
    82%

    14Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me; hurry, LORD, to help me.

  • Ps 35:25-27
    3 verses
    81%

    25Do not let them say in their hearts, 'Aha, just what we wanted!' Do not let them say, 'We have swallowed him up!'

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

    27Let those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and be glad; may they always say, 'The Lord be magnified, who delights in the peace of His servant.'

  • Ps 35:21
    77%

    21They open their mouths wide against me and say, 'Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!'

  • Ps 83:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16so pursue them with your storm and terrify them with your tempest.

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

  • Ps 35:4
    76%

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

  • Jer 17:18
    75%

    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 71:13
    75%

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

  • Ps 22:7
    74%

    7But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

  • Job 8:22
    74%

    22Your enemies will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

  • Ps 109:20
    73%

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

  • Ps 40:16
    73%

    16May they be appalled because of their shame, those who say to me, 'Aha! Aha!'

  • Ps 109:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

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

  • Jer 18:16
    72%

    16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn. All who pass by it are appalled and shake their heads.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day you have announced, so they may become like me.

    22Let all their wickedness come before you; deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my sins. My groans are many, and my heart is faint.

  • Ps 35:15
    72%

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

  • Isa 66:5
    72%

    5Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word: 'Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake, have said, "Let the Lord be glorified, so that we may see your joy." But they will be put to shame.'

  • Ps 44:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15You have made us a byword among the nations, a shaking of heads among the peoples.

    16All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face.

  • Ps 69:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

    23Let their table before them become a snare, and their security a trap.

  • Ps 109:25
    71%

    25I am an object of scorn to them; when they see me, they shake their heads.

  • Ps 69:25
    71%

    25Pour out your indignation on them, and let your fierce anger overtake them.

  • Ps 52:6
    71%

    6You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue.

  • Zeph 2:10
    71%

    10This will be their lot in return for their pride, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of Hosts.

  • Isa 45:16
    71%

    16They will all be ashamed and humiliated, all of them will walk in disgrace—the makers of idols.

  • Jer 17:15
    71%

    15Listen! They are saying to me, 'Where is the word of the LORD? Let it now be fulfilled!'

  • Ps 119:78
    71%

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

  • Ps 25:3
    71%

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

  • Ps 129:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Let all who hate Zion be shamed and turned back.

    6Let them be like grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

  • Job 16:10
    71%

    10They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.

  • Ps 31:17
    71%

    17Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

  • Ps 38:16
    71%

    16For I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.

  • Jer 18:22
    71%

    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.

  • Lam 2:15
    71%

    15All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 'Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?'

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

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

  • Ps 35:8
    70%

    8May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.

  • Jer 20:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Ps 55:15
    70%

    15We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

  • Lam 3:65
    70%

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

  • Ps 59:12
    70%

    12Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

  • Isa 3:9
    70%

    9The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they openly declare their sin; they do not try to conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.