Psalms 35:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
  • Ps 36:3-4 : 3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 ¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.
  • Ps 120:5-7 : 5 ¶ Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.
  • Ps 140:2-5 : 2 Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
  • Dan 6:5 : 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find [it] against him concerning the law of his God.
  • Matt 12:19 : 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
  • Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard [it], they said, This [fellow] doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 12:20
    78%

    20¶ Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

  • Ps 38:12
    78%

    12¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

  • Ps 140:2
    78%

    2Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.

  • Ps 35:19
    78%

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

  • Jer 9:8
    78%

    8Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

  • Ps 21:11
    77%

    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

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

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

  • Ps 120:7
    76%

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

  • Ps 35:21
    76%

    21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].

  • Ps 41:7
    76%

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

  • Ps 55:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

    21[The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.

  • Ps 64:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

    5They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

  • Ps 28:3
    75%

    3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.

  • Prov 24:2
    75%

    2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Jer 9:5
    75%

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Jer 9:3
    75%

    3And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

  • Ps 139:20
    74%

    20For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.

  • Ps 83:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

    3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

  • Ps 62:4
    74%

    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 35:15
    74%

    15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:

  • Ps 5:9
    74%

    9For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 35:25
    73%

    25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • Ps 140:9
    73%

    9[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Ps 37:12
    73%

    12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Prov 4:16
    73%

    16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

  • Ps 35:7
    73%

    7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.

  • Rom 3:17
    73%

    17And the way of peace have they not known:

  • Jer 8:11
    73%

    11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.

  • Ps 71:10
    73%

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

  • Ps 83:5
    73%

    5For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

  • Jer 23:17
    73%

    17They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

  • Isa 59:8
    73%

    8The way of peace they know not; and [there is] no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

  • Ps 12:2
    73%

    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

  • Job 15:35
    73%

    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

  • Ps 73:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.

    9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Ps 55:3
    72%

    3Because 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
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Ps 59:12
    72%

    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 59:7
    72%

    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

  • Jer 18:22
    72%

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Ps 55:10
    72%

    10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.

  • Ps 38:19
    72%

    19But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

  • Mic 3:5
    72%

    5Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.