Psalms 27:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

When the wicked, euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon mee to eate vp my flesh; they stumbled and fell.

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  • Ps 14:4 : 4 Doe not all the workers of iniquitie know that they eate vp my people, as they eate bread? They call not vpon the Lord.
  • Job 19:22 : 22 Why do ye persecute me, as God? & are not satisfied with my flesh?
  • John 18:3-6 : 3 Iudas then, after hee had receiued a band of men and officers of the high Priests, and of the Pharises, came thither with lanternes and torches, and weapons. 4 Then Iesus, knowing all things that shoulde come vnto him, went foorth and said vnto them, Whom seeke yee? 5 They answered him, Iesus of Nazareth. Iesus sayde vnto them, I am hee. Nowe Iudas also which betraied him, stoode with them. 6 Assoone then as hee had saide vnto them, I am hee, they went away backewardes, and fell to the grounde.
  • Ps 9:3 : 3 For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.
  • Job 31:31 : 31 Did not the men of my Tabernacle say, Who shall giue vs of his flesh? we can not bee satisfied.
  • Ps 18:4 : 4 The sorowes of death compassed me, and the floods of wickednes made me afraide.
  • Ps 18:38-42 : 38 I haue wounded them, that they were not able to rise: they are fallen vnder my feete. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength to battell: them, that rose against me, thou hast subdued vnder me. 40 And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 41 They cryed but there was none to saue them, euen vnto the Lorde, but hee answered them not. 42 Then I did beate them small as the dust before the winde: I did treade them flat as the clay in the streetes.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.
  • Ps 53:4 : 4 Doe not the workers of iniquitie knowe that they eate vp my people as they eate bread? they call not vpon God.
  • Ps 62:3-4 : 3 How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? ye shalbe all slaine: ye shalbe as a bowed wall, or as a wall shaken. 4 Yet they consult to cast him downe from his dignitie: their delight is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Selah.
  • Ps 118:12 : 12 They came about mee like bees, but they were quenched as a fire of thornes: for in the Name of the Lord I shall destroy them.
  • Isa 8:15 : 15 And many among them shall stumble, and shal fall and shalbe broken and shalbe snared and shalbe taken.
  • Ps 3:7 : 7 O Lord, arise: helpe me, my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies vpon the cheeke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 78%

    38 I haue pursued mine enemies and destroyed them, and haue not turned againe vntill I had consumed them.

    39 Yea, I haue consumed them and thrust them through, and they shall not arise, but shall fall vnder my feete.

    40 For thou hast girded me with power to battell, and them that arose against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.

    41 And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

  • Ps 18:37-40
    4 verses
    77%

    37 I haue pursued mine enemies, and taken them, and haue not turned againe till I had consumed them.

    38 I haue wounded them, that they were not able to rise: they are fallen vnder my feete.

    39 For thou hast girded me with strength to battell: them, that rose against me, thou hast subdued vnder me.

    40 And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

  • 2 Mine enemies would dayly swallowe mee vp: for many fight against me, O thou most High.

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    3 For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.

  • 3 Though an hoste pitched against me, mine heart should not be afraide: though warre be raised against me, I will trust in this.

  • 1 A Psalme of Dauid. The Lord is my light & my saluation, whom shall I feare? the Lorde is the strength of my life, of whome shall I be afraide?

  • 10 For mine enemies speake of mee, and they that lay waite for my soule, take their counsell together,

  • 7 Mine enemie shal be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.

  • 9 From the wicked that oppresse mee, from mine enemies, which compasse me round about for my soule.

  • 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord hath holpen me.

  • 4 Lest mine enemie say, I haue preuailed against him: and they that afflict me, reioyce when I slide.

  • Ps 38:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19 Then mine enemies are aliue & are mightie, and they that hate me wrongfully are many.

    20 They also, that rewarde euill for good, are mine aduersaries, because I followe goodnesse.

  • 12 Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly.

  • 15 But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered them selues together: the abiects assembled themselues against me, and knewe not: they tare me and ceased not,

  • 19 Beholde mine enemies, for they are manie, and they hate me with cruell hatred.

  • 74%

    7 O Lord, arise: helpe me, my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies vpon the cheeke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

  • 13 Let them be confounded & consumed that are against my soule: let them be couered with reproofe and confusion, that seeke mine hurt.

  • 16 For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.

  • 5 Mine enemies speake euill of me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?

  • 9 Yea, my familiar friend, whom I trusted, which did eate of my bread, hath lifted vp the heele against me.

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    5 Then let the enemie persecute my soule and take it: yea, let him treade my life downe vpon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

  • 13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.

  • 6 They haue layd a net for my steps: my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.

  • 22 Let the crye bee heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring an hoste suddenly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feete.

  • 7 The Lorde is with mee among them that helpe me: therefore shall I see my desire vpon mine enemies.

  • Job 16:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 His wrath hath torne me, and hee hateth me, and gnasheth vpon mee with his teeth: mine enemie hath sharpened his eyes against me.

    10 They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and smitten me on the cheeke in reproch; they gather themselues together against me.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 Mine owne wordes grieue me dayly: all their thoughtes are against me to doe me hurt.

    6 They gather together, and keepe them selues close: they marke my steps, because they waite for my soule.

  • 3 For the enemie hath persecuted my soule: he hath smitten my life downe to the earth: he hath layde me in the darkenes, as they that haue bene dead long agoe:

  • 8 Mine enemies reuile me dayly, and they that rage against me, haue sworne against me.

  • 13 Vp Lord, disappoint him: cast him downe: deliuer my soule from the wicked with thy sworde,

  • Jer 20:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 For I had heard the railing of many, and feare on euery side. Declare, said they, and wee wil declare it: all my familiars watched for mine halting, saying, It may be that he is deceiued: so we shall preuaile against him, and we shal execute our vengeance vpon him.

    11 But the Lorde is with me like a mightie gyant: therefore my persecuters shall be ouerthrowen, and shall not preuaile, and shalbe greatly confounded: for they haue done vnwisely, and their euerlasting shame shall neuer be forgotten.

  • Job 30:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12 The youth rise vp at my right hand: they haue pusht my feete, and haue trode on me as on the paths of their destruction.

    13 They haue destroyed my paths: they tooke pleasure at my calamitie, they had none helpe.

    14 They came as a great breach of waters, & vnder this calamitie they come on heapes.

  • 3 For strangers are risen vp against me, and tyrants seeke my soule: they haue not set God before them. Selah.

  • 3 And they eate also the flesh of my people, & flay off their skinne from them, & they breake their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

  • 3 For loe, they haue layd waite for my soule: the mightie men are gathered against me, not for mine offence, nor for my sinne, O Lord.

  • 3 For the voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of ye wicked, because they haue brought iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.

  • 72%

    18 He deliuered me from my strong enemie, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

    19 They preuented me in the day of my calamitie, but the Lord was my stay,