Job 19:14
My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.
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- Ps 38:11 : 11 Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.
- Ps 55:12-14 : 12 Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him. 13 But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided. 14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.
- Prov 18:24 : 24 There are companions who harm one another, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Jer 20:10 : 10 I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.
- Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets! 6 For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are his own family.
- Matt 10:21 : 21 “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
- John 13:18 : 18 The Announcement of Jesus’ Betrayal“What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture,‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’
- 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel.
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- Job 19:10-134 verses89%
10He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like an uprooted tree.
11Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
12His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent.
13Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
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15My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes.
- Job 19:18-214 verses82%
18Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me.
19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.
20My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.
21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.
- Ps 38:10-112 verses81%
10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.
11Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.
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14The Lord Remembers Zion“Zion said,‘The LORD has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.’
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17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
18So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”
- Ps 31:10-123 verses76%
10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.
11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering– those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.
12I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
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8My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.
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8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
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18You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.
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7“I will abandon my nation. I will forsake the people I call my own. I will turn my beloved people over to the power of their enemies.
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13Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?
14Disappointing Friends“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.
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4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
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3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!
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19You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.
20Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
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9Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.
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20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
- Ps 35:14-152 verses72%
14I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.
15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.
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11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.
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19Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.
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9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”
- Ps 71:10-112 verses72%
10For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.
11They say,“God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”
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7Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.
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21Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!
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16ע(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.
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139My zeal consumes me, for my enemies forget your instructions.
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1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
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10I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.
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11Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.
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13They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them.
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12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.
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10Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the LORD would take me in.
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13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
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10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.