Psalms 109:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

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  • Prov 14:14 : 14 ¶ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
  • Ezek 35:6 : 6 Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 ‹For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.›
  • 2 Thess 2:10-11 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
  • Ps 52:4-5 : 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue. 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
  • Ps 59:12-13 : 12 [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak. 13 Consume [them] in wrath, consume [them], that they [may] not [be]: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

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  • Ps 109:18-20
    3 verses
    88%

    18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

    19Let it be unto him as the garment [which] covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

    20[Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

  • Ps 109:16
    78%

    16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

  • Ps 109:5-13
    9 verses
    76%

    5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

    6¶ Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

    7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

    8Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.

    9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

    10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.

    11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

    12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

    13Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

  • Ps 37:22
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    22For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.

  • Ps 109:28
    75%

    28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

  • Ps 35:8
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    8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Lam 3:65
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    65Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

  • Job 31:29-30
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    73%

    29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

    30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

  • Prov 3:33
    72%

    33The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

  • 2 Sam 16:11-13
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    11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now [may this] Benjamite [do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

    12It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

    13And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

  • Ps 69:27
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    27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

  • Job 3:8
    72%

    8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

  • Jer 20:14
    72%

    14¶ Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

  • Rom 3:14
    71%

    14Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:

  • Ps 140:9-10
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    9[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

    10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

  • Prov 6:15
    71%

    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

  • Job 27:22-23
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    22For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

    23[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12[For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.

  • Ps 62:4
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    4They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 7:16
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    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

  • Deut 28:20
    71%

    20The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

  • Prov 24:18
    71%

    18Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Deut 29:19-20
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    71%

    19And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

    20The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

  • Prov 24:25
    70%

    25But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Num 23:8
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    8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?

  • Jer 17:6
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    6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

    4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.

  • Job 18:16-18
    3 verses
    70%

    16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.

  • Job 27:7
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    7¶ Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.