Psalms 79:12

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Repay our neighbors sevenfold into their own laps the scorn they have hurled at You, Lord.

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  • Gen 4:15 : 15 But the LORD said to him, 'Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.' Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
  • Jer 32:18 : 18 You show steadfast love to thousands, but You repay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them. You are the great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
  • Lev 26:21 : 21 If you continue to walk contrary to me and are unwilling to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over as your sins deserve.
  • Lev 26:28 : 28 then I in turn will act with furious hostility against you, and I will discipline you seven times over for your sins.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
  • Prov 6:31 : 31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay back sevenfold; he may have to give up all the wealth of his house.
  • Isa 65:5-7 : 5 They say, 'Keep away; do not come near me, for I am holier than you.' These are like smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long. 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps. 7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your ancestors together,' says the LORD, 'because they burned incense on the mountains and reproached me on the hills; I will measure their former deeds into their laps.'
  • Ps 44:16 : 16 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face.
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 How long, O God, will the enemy reproach? Will the adversary despise Your name forever?
  • Ps 74:18-22 : 18 Remember this, O LORD, that the enemy has insulted You, and a foolish people has despised Your name. 19 Do not give the life of Your turtledove to the wild beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted ones forever. 20 Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the earth are filled with the dens of violence. 21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in humiliation; let the poor and needy praise Your name. 22 Arise, O God, and defend Your cause; remember how fools insult You all day long.

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    64Repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

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    13You sold Your people for nothing and made no profit from their sale.

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    4We have become an object of scorn to our neighbors, mocked and ridiculed by those around us.

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    6You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears in abundance.

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    50Where is your steadfast love of old, LORD, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

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  • Ps 79:10-11
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    10Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Let it be known among the nations before our eyes that You avenge the spilled blood of Your servants.

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

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Give them according to what they have done, and according to the evil of their deeds; give them according to the work of their hands; repay them their due reward.

  • Neh 4:4
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    4Then Judah said, 'The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubble that we are unable to rebuild the wall.'

  • Ps 79:13
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    13Then we, Your people and the sheep of Your pasture, will give thanks to You forever; from generation to generation, we will proclaim Your praise.

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    10But He repays those who hate Him to their face to destroy them. He will not delay to repay those who hate Him; He will repay them to their face.

  • Lam 5:1
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    1Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look and see our disgrace.

  • Ps 7:7
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    7Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; lift Yourself up against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me; You have decreed judgment.

  • 2 Chr 20:11
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    11'See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.'

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    18Remember this, O LORD, that the enemy has insulted You, and a foolish people has despised Your name.

  • Ps 41:10
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    10Even my close friend, someone I trusted, who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

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    6Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps.

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

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    10How long, O God, will the enemy reproach? Will the adversary despise Your name forever?

  • Ps 149:7
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    7to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,

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    2Rise up, Judge of the earth; repay the proud for what they deserve.

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