Psalms 7:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

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  • Job 16:15 : 15 I have sewn sackcloth upon my skin and defiled my horn in the dust.
  • Job 31:5-9 : 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hurried to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity. 7 If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any stain has cleaved to my hands; 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out. 9 If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door; 10 Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.
  • Job 31:38-40 : 38 If my land cries against me, or its furrows likewise complain; 39 If I have eaten its fruits without payment, or caused the owners to lose their life; 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
  • Job 40:12-13 : 12 Look on everyone that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
  • Ps 3:2 : 2 Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
  • Ps 44:5 : 5 Through You will we push down our enemies: through Your name will we tread them under who rise up against us.
  • Ps 49:12 : 12 Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.
  • Ps 60:12 : 12 Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is who shall tread down our enemies.
  • Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
  • Isa 63:3 : 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people, there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my clothing.
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be ashamed, and those that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
  • Hab 3:13 : 13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people, for salvation with Your anointed. You wounded the head from the house of the wicked, by laying bare the foundation to the neck. Selah.
  • Zech 10:5 : 5 And they shall be like mighty men, who tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in battle. And they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
  • Mal 4:3 : 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do this, says the LORD of hosts.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

    4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • Ps 7:6
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    6Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies; and awake for me to the judgment you have commanded.

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

  • Ps 57:5-6
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    5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth.

    6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 7:4
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    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 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.

  • Ps 71:10-11
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    10For my enemies speak against me; and those who lie in wait for my soul take counsel together,

    11Saying, God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

  • Ps 71:13
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    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 13:2
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    2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

  • Ps 35:3-4
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    3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against those who persecute me; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

    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 54:3
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    3For strangers have risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 35:24
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    24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

  • Ps 41:5
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    5My enemies speak evil of me, 'When shall he die, and his name perish?'

  • Ps 109:20
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    20Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

  • Ps 63:9
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    9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 70:2
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    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 55:3
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    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 17:13
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    13Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:

  • Ps 7:1-2
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    1O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me:

    2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  • Ps 40:14
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    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.

  • Mic 7:10
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    10Then she who is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is the LORD your God? My eyes shall behold her; now she shall be trampled down as the mire of the streets.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Ps 27:2
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    2When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to devour my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • Ps 35:6-8
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    6Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

    7For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.

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

  • Jer 18:22-23
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    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.

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    18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; deliver me because of my enemies.

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    24Why do you hide your face, and hold me as your enemy?

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

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

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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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    21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: you will bring the day that you have promised, and they shall be like me.

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    2Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

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    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

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    2For you are the God of my strength; why do you cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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    19He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

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    10Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled: let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.

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    14O God, the proud have risen against me, and a mob of violent men have sought my soul, and have not set You before them.

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    5Or let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me.

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    10Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;