Psalms 109:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I give myself to prayer.

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  • Ps 38:20 : 20 Those also who render evil for good are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do. And they divided His garments and cast lots.
  • John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
  • Ps 55:16-17 : 16 As for me, I will call upon God, and the LORD shall save me. 17 Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.
  • Ps 69:12-13 : 12 Those who sit in the gate speak against me, and I was the song of the drunkards. 13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
  • Luke 6:11-12 : 11 And they were filled with madness; and talked among themselves what they might do to Jesus. 12 And it happened in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
  • 2 Sam 13:39 : 39 And King David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
  • 2 Sam 15:31-32 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 32 And it came to pass, that when David came to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth upon his head:
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:5
    85%

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

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

    3They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.

  • Ps 109:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

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

    21But deal with me for your name’s sake, O GOD the Lord, because your mercy is good, deliver me.

    22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

  • Ps 25:19
    76%

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

  • Ps 38:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Ps 139:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

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

    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 71:10
    73%

    10For my enemies speak against me; and those who lie in wait for my soul take counsel together,

  • Ps 102:8
    73%

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

  • Ps 69:4
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 55:3
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Every day they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.

  • Ps 35:12
    72%

    12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

  • Matt 5:44
    72%

    44But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you;

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    72%

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

  • Job 19:19
    72%

    19All my close friends abhorred me; and those whom I loved have turned against me.

  • Ps 41:7
    72%

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

  • Job 16:10
    71%

    10They gape upon me with their mouth; they strike me on the cheek reproachfully; they gather themselves together against me.

  • Ps 17:9
    71%

    9From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

  • Ps 120:7
    71%

    7I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

  • Ps 13:4
    71%

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

  • Ps 54:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

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

  • Ps 7:4
    71%

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

  • Ps 71:13
    71%

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

  • Ps 18:40
    71%

    40You have also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy those who hate me.

  • Ps 35:15
    70%

    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:

  • Jer 18:20
    70%

    20Shall evil be repaid for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.

  • Ps 38:12
    70%

    12Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

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

  • Ps 56:2
    70%

    2My enemies would daily swallow me up, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

  • Ps 119:157
    70%

    157Many are my persecutors and my enemies, yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.

  • Ps 119:139
    70%

    139My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten Your words.

  • Jer 18:23
    70%

    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.

  • Ps 59:3
    70%

    3For, look, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.

  • Ps 35:4
    70%

    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.

  • Ps 35:1
    70%

    1Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me; fight against those who fight against me.

  • Ps 41:10
    70%

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

  • Ps 3:1
    70%

    1LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me.

  • Lam 3:52
    69%

    52My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause.

  • Ps 40:14
    69%

    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.

  • Ps 59:1
    69%

    1Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; defend me from those who rise up against me.

  • Lam 3:62
    69%

    62The lips of those who rose up against me, and their plot against me all day long.

  • Ps 70:2
    69%

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