Psalms 40:15

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

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  • Ps 35:21 : 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
  • Ps 69:24-25 : 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
  • Ps 70:3-4 : 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
  • Ps 73:19 : 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
  • Ps 109:6-9 : 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. 12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
  • Luke 19:43-44 : 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
  • Luke 21:23-24 : 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 70:2-3
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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.

    3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

  • Ps 40:14
    82%

    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 35:25-27
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    81%

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

    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.

    27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

  • Ps 35:21
    77%

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

  • Ps 83:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

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

  • Ps 35:4
    76%

    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.

  • Jer 17:18
    75%

    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.

  • Ps 71:13
    75%

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

  • Ps 22:7
    74%

    7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

  • Job 8:22
    74%

    22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

  • Ps 109:20
    73%

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

  • Ps 40:16
    73%

    16Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

  • Ps 109:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

    29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

  • Jer 18:16
    72%

    16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

  • Lam 1:21-22
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    72%

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

    22Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

  • Ps 35:15
    72%

    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:

  • Isa 66:5
    72%

    5Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

  • Ps 44:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

    16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

  • Ps 69:22-23
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    22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

    23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

  • Ps 109:25
    71%

    25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

  • Ps 69:25
    71%

    25Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

  • Ps 52:6
    71%

    6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

  • Zeph 2:10
    71%

    10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

  • Isa 45:16
    71%

    16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

  • Jer 17:15
    71%

    15Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.

  • Ps 119:78
    71%

    78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

  • Ps 25:3
    71%

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

  • Ps 129:5-6
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    5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

    6Let them be as the grass upon the houseto, which withereth afore it groweth up:

  • Job 16:10
    71%

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

  • Ps 31:17
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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.

  • Ps 38:16
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    16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  • Jer 18:22
    71%

    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.

  • Lam 2:15
    71%

    15All that pass by cp their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    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 35:8
    70%

    8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Jer 20:10-11
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    10For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

    11But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

  • Ps 55:15
    70%

    15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

  • Lam 3:65
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    65Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their li let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.