Psalms 69:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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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  • Ps 35:19 : 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.
  • 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.›
  • Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
  • Isa 53:4-7 : 4 ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 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 3:18 : 18 ¶ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.
  • Ps 109:3-5 : 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
  • Ps 38:19-20 : 19 But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
  • 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 35:11-12 : 11 ¶ False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Ps 38:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

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

    20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].

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

  • Ps 109:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

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

    4For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.

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

  • 76%

    4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

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

  • 12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

  • 52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

  • Job 16:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

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

  • Ps 139:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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

  • 5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

  • 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.

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

  • 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:

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

  • 2Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.

  • 3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.

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

  • 4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

  • 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.

  • 13Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

  • 3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

  • 9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown [from] my head.

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    1¶ A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his enemies.

  • 10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

  • 18Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

  • 13They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

  • 7The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.

  • 1¶ To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

  • 21They have heard that I sigh: [there is] none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done [it]: thou wilt bring the day [that] thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

  • 18He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

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

  • 12For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

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

  • 17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.