Psalms 109:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 38:20 : 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Then said Jesus, ‹Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.› And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
  • John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, ‹Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?›
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
  • Ps 55:16-17 : 16 ¶ As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
  • Ps 69:12-13 : 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards. 13 ¶ But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
  • Luke 6:11-12 : 11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. 12 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
  • 2 Sam 13:39 : 39 And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
  • 2 Sam 15:31-32 : 31 ¶ And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 32 And it came to pass, that [when] David was come to the top [of the mount], where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.

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

  • Ps 109:2-3
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    81%

    2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

    3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

  • Ps 109:20-22
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    76%

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

    21 ¶ But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.

    22 For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

  • Ps 25:19
    76%

    19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Ps 38:19-20
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    19 But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

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  • Ps 139:20-22
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    20 For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.

    21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

    22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

  • Ps 102:8
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    8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

  • Ps 69:4
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    4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.

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    3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    72%

    5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

    6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

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    12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.

  • Matt 5:44
    72%

    44 ‹But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;›

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    41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

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    19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

  • Ps 41:7
    72%

    7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

  • Job 16:10
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    10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

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    9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.

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    7 I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.

  • Ps 13:4
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  • Ps 54:2-3
    2 verses
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    2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

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    40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

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    20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.

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    70%

    19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

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    4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

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