Psalms 109:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

As 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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  • Prov 14:14 : 14 The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from himself.
  • Ezek 35:6 : 6 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, even blood shall pursue you.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the same judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you again.
  • 2 Thess 2:10-11 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
  • Ps 52:4-5 : 4 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue. 5 God shall likewise destroy you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
  • Ps 59:12-13 : 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak. 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may be no more; and let them know that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:18-20
    3 verses
    88%

    18As he clothed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

    19Let it be to him as the garment that covers him, and as a belt with which he is girded continually.

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

  • Ps 109:16
    78%

    16Because he did not remember to show mercy but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the brokenhearted.

  • Ps 109:5-13
    9 verses
    76%

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

    6Set a wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand.

    7When he is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer become sin.

    8Let his days be few, and let another take his office.

    9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

    10Let his children be continually wanderers and beg; let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.

    11Let the extortioner seize all that he has, and let strangers plunder his labor.

    12Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

    13Let his posterity be cut off; in the following generation let their name be blotted out.

  • Ps 37:22
    75%

    22For those blessed by him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Ps 109:28
    75%

    28Let them curse, but you bless; when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let your servant rejoice.

  • Ps 35:8
    74%

    8Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Lam 3:65
    74%

    65Give them sorrow of heart, Your curse upon them.

  • Job 31:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Prov 3:33
    72%

    33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked: but he blesses the dwelling of the just.

  • 2 Sam 16:11-13
    3 verses
    72%

    11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth from my own body, seeks my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? Let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has bidden him.

    12It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day.

    13And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

  • Ps 10:3
    72%

    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

  • Ps 69:27
    72%

    27Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into your righteousness.

  • Job 3:8
    72%

    8Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to stir up their lamentation.

  • Jer 20:14
    72%

    14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed.

  • Rom 3:14
    71%

    14'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

  • Ps 140:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

    10Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

  • Prov 6:15
    71%

    15Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

  • Job 27:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22For God will hurl upon him, and not spare; he would gladly flee out of His hand.

    23Men shall clap their hands at him and shall hiss him out of his place.

  • Ps 59:12
    71%

    12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Ps 62:4
    71%

    4They only plan to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 7:16
    71%

    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.

  • Deut 28:20
    71%

    20The LORD shall send upon you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand unto for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken Me.

  • Prov 24:18
    71%

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

  • Deut 29:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19And it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

    20The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

  • Prov 24:25
    70%

    25But those who rebuke him shall have delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Num 23:8
    70%

    8How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? Or how shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied?

  • Jer 17:6
    70%

    6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

    4He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.

  • Job 18:16-18
    3 verses
    70%

    16His roots shall be dried up below, and above his branch shall be cut off.

    17His memory shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  • Ps 55:15
    70%

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

  • Job 27:7
    70%

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