Psalms 119:78

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.

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  • 1 Sam 24:10-12 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and [some] bade [me] kill thee: but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he [is] the LORD'S anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that [there is] neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 And he said to David, Thou [art] more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
  • 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil [is] in mine hand?
  • Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
  • Ps 7:3-5 : 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
  • Ps 25:3 : 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
  • 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 35:26 : 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.
  • Ps 69:4 : 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.
  • Ps 109:3 : 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
  • Ps 119:21 : 21 ¶ Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:23 : 23 ¶ Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
  • Ps 119:51 : 51 ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.
  • Ps 119:85-86 : 85 ¶ The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law. 86 All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
  • Jer 50:32 : 32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
  • John 15:25 : 25 ‹But› [this cometh to pass], ‹that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.›
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.

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    69¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.

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    79Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

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    51¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.

  • Ps 119:161
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    161¶ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

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    26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.

  • Ps 119:21-23
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    21¶ Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

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  • Ps 119:6-7
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    6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

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  • Ps 40:14
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    14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

  • Ps 119:15-16
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    15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

    16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

  • Ps 25:3
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    3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

  • Ps 119:46
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    46I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

  • Ps 70:2
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    2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

  • Ps 119:39
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    39¶ Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.

  • Ps 83:17
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    17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

  • Ps 119:31
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    31I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

  • Ps 31:17-18
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    17Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave.

    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  • Ps 119:141
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    141¶ I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.

  • Ps 119:110
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    110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

  • Ps 119:116
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    116¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

  • Ps 119:158
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  • Jer 17:18
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    18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

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    42So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

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  • Ps 35:4
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    4Let 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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    11¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

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    24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

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    27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.