Psalms 109:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Num 22:12 : 12 And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed.
  • Num 23:20 : 20 Behold, I have received a commandment to bless, and he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
  • Num 23:23 : 23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel; at this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!
  • 2 Sam 16:10-13 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD has said to him, Curse David. Who then shall say, Why have you done so? 11 And 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. 12 It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day. 13 And 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 109:17 : 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; as he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
  • Isa 65:13-16 : 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed; 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and wail for vexation of spirit. 15 You shall leave your name as a curse for my chosen, for the Lord GOD will slay you and call his servants by another name. 16 So that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself by the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth, because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
  • John 16:22 : 22 And now you have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:29
    81%

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

  • Ps 109:27
    80%

    27That they may know that this is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.

  • Ps 35:26-27
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

    27Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause; yes, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

  • Ps 40:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14Let them be ashamed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame who wish me evil.

    15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha.

  • Ps 109:17-20
    4 verses
    75%

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

    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.

  • Lam 3:65
    74%

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

  • Luke 6:28
    74%

    28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.

  • Ps 83:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

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

    17Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish:

  • Rom 12:14
    73%

    14Bless those who persecute you; bless, and do not curse.

  • Job 3:8
    73%

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

  • Jer 17:18
    73%

    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 35:4
    73%

    4Let them be confused and put to shame that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

  • 2 Sam 16:12
    72%

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

  • Ps 70:2
    72%

    2Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek after my soul; let them be turned back and put to confusion, who desire my harm.

  • Ps 37:22
    72%

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

  • Ps 62:4
    72%

    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.

  • Isa 26:11
    72%

    11LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they will see and be ashamed for their envy of the people; yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

  • Num 23:8
    72%

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

  • Ps 140:9
    72%

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

  • Ps 109:15
    72%

    15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth.

  • Ps 71:13
    72%

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

  • Jer 18:23
    72%

    23Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight, but let them be overthrown before you; deal thus with them in the time of your anger.

  • Deut 33:11
    72%

    11Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: strike through the loins of those that rise against him, and of those that hate him, that they rise not again.

  • Ps 139:20
    72%

    20For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain.

  • Ps 5:11
    71%

    11But let all those who put their trust in you rejoice; let them ever shout for joy, because you defend them; let those also who love your name be joyful in you.

  • 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.

  • Job 8:22
    71%

    22Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nothing.

  • Ps 102:8
    71%

    8My enemies reproach me all day long; those who are mad against me are sworn against me.

  • Ps 35:19
    71%

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

  • Ps 35:24
    71%

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

  • Gen 27:29
    71%

    29Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be he who blesses you.

  • Ps 119:78
    71%

    78Let the proud be ashamed, for they treated me wrongfully without a cause; but I will meditate on Your precepts.

  • Ps 129:8
    71%

    8Neither do those who go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.

  • Ps 69:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

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

    28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

  • Ps 41:10
    71%

    10But You, O LORD, be merciful to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

  • Ps 109:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 24:25
    70%

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

  • Ps 129:5
    70%

    5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

  • Ps 31:16
    70%

    16Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me for your mercies' sake.

  • Ps 132:9
    70%

    9Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let Your saints shout for joy.

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10Do not accuse a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

  • Job 27:7
    70%

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