Psalms 79:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

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  • Gen 4:15 : 15 And the LORD said to him, Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.
  • Jer 32:18 : 18 You show lovingkindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
  • Lev 26:21 : 21 And if you walk contrary to me, and will not listen to me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
  • Lev 26:28 : 28 Then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured back to you.
  • Prov 6:31 : 31 But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
  • Isa 65:5-7 : 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am holier than you.' These are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long. 6 See, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their lap, 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says the LORD, who have burned incense on the mountains and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore I will measure their former work into their lap.
  • Ps 44:16 : 16 For the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, by reason of the enemy and avenger.
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
  • Ps 74:18-22 : 18 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed Your name. 19 O deliver not the soul of Your turtledove to the multitude of the wicked; forget not the congregation of Your poor forever. 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise Your name. 22 Arise, O God, plead Your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily.

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    64Repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

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    13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are around us.

  • Ps 79:4
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    4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

  • Ps 80:6
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    6You make us a strife unto our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.

  • Ps 89:50-51
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    50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

    51With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD, with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.

  • Ps 79:10-11
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    10Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? Let Him be known among the heathen in our sight by avenging the blood of Your servants which is shed.

    11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power, preserve those appointed to die;

  • Ps 44:16
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    16For the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, by reason of the enemy and avenger.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their due.

  • Neh 4:4
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    4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them as prey in a land of captivity:

  • Ps 79:13
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    13So we, Your people and the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; we will show forth Your praise to all generations.

  • Deut 7:10
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    10And repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him to his face.

  • Lam 5:1
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    1Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us; consider and behold our disgrace.

  • Ps 7:7
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    7So shall the congregation of the people surround you: for their sakes therefore return on high.

  • 2 Chr 20:11
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    11See, how they repay us, to come to cast us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit.

  • Ps 74:18
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    18Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed Your name.

  • Ps 41:10
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    10But You, O LORD, be merciful to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

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    6See, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their lap,

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

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    18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the coastlands he will repay recompense.

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

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    10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?

  • Ps 149:7
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    2Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

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  • Prov 25:22
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    10You make us turn back from the enemy: and those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

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    30He gives his cheek to the one who strikes him; he is filled with reproach.

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    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.

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    3These ten times you have reproached me; you are not ashamed that you make yourselves strange to me.

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    7Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.

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    13Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent you concerning your servants.