Psalms 38:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 39:2 : 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].
  • Isa 53:7 : 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
  • 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 11 And 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. 12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

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    90%

    14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.

    15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

    16For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

  • Ps 39:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].

    10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    78%

    1¶ To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

    2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • Isa 42:18-20
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    74%

    18¶ Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

    19Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

    20Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

  • Ps 135:16-17
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    16They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

    17They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths.

  • Ps 38:12
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    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.

  • Isa 50:5
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    5The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

  • Ezek 33:22
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    22Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

  • Dan 10:15
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    15And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

  • Prov 31:8
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    8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

  • Ps 31:12-13
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    12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

    13For 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.

  • Isa 53:7
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    7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

  • Ps 22:13
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    13They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • Ps 32:3
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    3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

  • Ps 38:8
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    8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

  • Matt 13:13
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    13‹Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.›

  • Jer 11:19
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    19But 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.

  • Job 29:10-11
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    10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

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  • Job 13:19
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    19Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • Job 31:34
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    34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door?

  • Isa 38:13-15
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    13I reckoned till morning, [that], as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me.

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    15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

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  • Ezek 3:26
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    26And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they [are] a rebellious house.

  • Job 32:14-16
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    14Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

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  • Isa 29:18
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    18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

  • Job 33:8
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    8¶ Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],

  • Prov 5:13
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    13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

  • Ps 115:6
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    6They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

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    17Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

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    4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength:

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    21Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

  • Ezek 24:27
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    27In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

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    22So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.

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    20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].

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    16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.