Jeremiah 18:23

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But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

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  • Isa 2:9 : 9 Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don’t spare them!
  • Neh 4:4-5 : 4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile! 5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight. For they have bitterly offended the builders!
  • Ps 35:4 : 4 May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!
  • Ps 69:22-28 : 22 May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends! 23 May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently! 24 Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them! 25 May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited! 26 For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. 27 Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them! 28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!
  • Ps 109:14-15 : 14 May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten! 15 May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them. 33 But the LORD does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.
  • Ps 59:5 : 5 You, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers!(Selah)
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the LORD.
  • Jer 11:18-20 : 18 A Plot Against Jeremiah is Revealed and He Complains of Injustice The LORD gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing. 19 Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying,“Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let’s remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.” 20 So I said,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”
  • Jer 11:23 : 23 Not one of them will survive. I will bring disaster on those men from Anathoth who threatened you. A day of reckoning is coming for them.”
  • Jer 15:15 : 15 I said,“LORD, you know how I suffer. Take thought of me and care for me. Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me. Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me. Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Jeremiah Petitions the Lord to Punish Those Who Attack Him Then some people said,“Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
  • Luke 21:22 : 22 because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!

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    20Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

    21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

    22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

  • Lam 1:21-22
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    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

    22ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.

  • Ps 25:18-19
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    18See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins!

    19Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

  • Ps 109:15
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    15May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!

  • Ps 5:10
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    10Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

  • Jer 12:3
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    3But you, LORD, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed!

  • Jer 15:15
    77%

    15I said,“LORD, you know how I suffer. Take thought of me and care for me. Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me. Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me. Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake.

  • Jer 17:18
    76%

    18May those who persecute me be disgraced. Do not let me be disgraced. May they be dismayed. Do not let me be dismayed. Bring days of disaster on them. Bring on them the destruction they deserve.”

  • Lam 3:60-61
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    76%

    60You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.

    61ש(Sin/Shin) You have heard their taunts, O LORD, all their plots against me.

  • Ps 69:24
    76%

    24Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

  • Ps 69:27-28
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    76%

    27Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them!

    28May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

  • Ps 35:24
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    24Vindicate me by your justice, O LORD my God! Do not let them gloat over me!

  • Jer 11:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying,“Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let’s remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.”

    20So I said,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”

  • Ps 140:9
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    9As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

  • Ps 59:11-12
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    11Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

    12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

  • Jer 20:11-12
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    11But the LORD is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.

    12O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people’s hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.

  • Ps 56:7
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    7Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

  • Ps 35:19
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    19Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!

  • Ps 109:27
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    27Then they will realize this is your work, and that you, LORD, have accomplished it.

  • Jer 10:24
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    24Correct us, LORD, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.

  • Ps 109:20
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    20May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

  • Job 13:24
    74%

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

  • Ps 55:3
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    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.

  • Ps 65:3
    74%

    3Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.

  • Ps 55:23
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    23But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

  • Ps 31:15
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    15You determine my destiny! Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.

  • Lam 3:43
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    43ס(Samek) You shrouded yourself with anger and then pursued us; you killed without mercy.

  • Ps 41:10
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    10As for you, O LORD, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!”

  • Ps 139:19-20
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    74%

    19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

    20They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.

  • Isa 37:28
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    28I know where you live and everything you do and how you rage against me.

  • Ps 62:3
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    3How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.

  • Ps 71:13
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    13May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

  • Ps 9:13
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    13when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

  • Ps 69:5
    74%

    5O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.

  • Hos 7:2
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    2They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.

  • Ps 64:2
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    2Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

  • Ps 40:14
    74%

    14May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!