Job 31:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 17:5 : 5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.
  • Prov 24:17-18 : 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles. 18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
  • Ps 35:13-14 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned to my own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.
  • Ps 35:25-26 : 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, this is what we wanted; let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
  • 2 Sam 1:12 : 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
  • 2 Sam 4:10-11 : 10 When someone told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking he was bringing good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his news. 11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Shall I not therefore now require his blood from your hand, and remove you from the earth?
  • 2 Sam 16:5-8 : 5 And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of King David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial: 8 The LORD has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and, behold, you are caught in your own mischief, because you are a bloody man.
  • Obad 1:12 : 12 But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother in the day of his calamity; nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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    30Neither have I allowed my mouth to sin by wishing a curse upon his soul.

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    12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it. Neither was it one who hated me that exalted himself against me; then I would have hidden from him,

  • Ps 7:3-4
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    3O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;

    4If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him who without cause is my enemy:)

  • Job 31:27-28
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    27And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:

    28This also would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied the God above.

  • Deut 32:41
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    41If I sharpen my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward those who hate me.

  • Ps 139:21-22
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    21Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against You?

    22I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.

  • Ps 35:19
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    19Let not my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

  • Ps 13:4
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    4Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

  • Job 33:10
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    10Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;

  • Job 27:7
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    7Let my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.

  • Job 31:21
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    21If I have lifted my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate;

  • Job 19:11
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    11He has also kindled His wrath against me and counts me as one of His enemies.

  • Job 31:25
    75%

    25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

  • Prov 24:17-18
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    17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.

    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Ps 41:7
    74%

    7All who hate me whisper together against me; they devise my harm against me.

  • Job 31:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

    13If I have despised the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they contended with me;

  • Ps 35:15
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    15But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; yes, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me, and did not cease:

  • Job 31:23
    74%

    23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not endure.

  • Deut 32:27
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    27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misbehave themselves, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD has not done all this.

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    74%

    41You have also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy those who hate me.

  • Ps 35:26
    74%

    26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

  • Ps 109:20
    73%

    20Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

  • Ps 31:6-7
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    6I have hated those that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

    7I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;

  • Ps 38:19-20
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    19But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

    20Those also who render evil for good are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

  • Job 31:39
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    39If I have eaten its fruits without payment, or caused the owners to lose their life;

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    5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach,

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    19Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.

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    11By this I know that You favor me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

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    73%

    24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

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    5They have repaid me evil for good and hatred for my love.

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    17As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; as he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

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    9He tears me in his wrath, who hates me; he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me.

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    2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • Ps 38:16
    72%

    16For I said, 'Hear me, lest otherwise they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.'

  • Job 31:8
    72%

    8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out.

  • Prov 24:29
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    29Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his work.

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    72%

    9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

  • Ps 31:13
    72%

    13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take my life.

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

  • Job 30:26
    72%

    26When I looked for good, then evil came to me; and when I waited for light, darkness came.

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    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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    38I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

  • Ps 69:4
    72%

    4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; those who would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty; then I restored what I did not take away.