Psalms 109:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.

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  • Ps 73:6 : 6 Arrogance is their necklace, and violence covers them like clothing.
  • Num 5:22 : 22 and this water that causes the curse will go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.” Then the woman must say,“Amen, amen.”
  • Num 5:27 : 27 When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness– her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.
  • Job 20:12-16 : 12 “If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, 13 if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth, 14 his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him. 15 The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach. 16 He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.
  • Job 20:20-23 : 20 For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape. 21 “Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him. 23 “While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.
  • Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;
  • Matt 26:24 : 24 The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”
  • Matt 27:3-5 : 3 Judas’ Suicide Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, 4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!” 5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.
  • Acts 1:18 : 18 (Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.
  • Acts 1:25 : 25 to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.
  • Col 3:12 : 12 Exhortation to Unity and Love Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:16-17
    2 verses
    88%

    16For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.

    17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

  • Ps 109:19-20
    2 verses
    84%

    19May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, or a belt one wears continually!

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

  • Job 20:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.

    15The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.

  • Ps 109:7-11
    5 verses
    72%

    7When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

    8May his days be few! May another take his job!

    9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!

    10May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!

    11May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!

  • Rom 3:14
    72%

    14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

  • Ps 35:8
    72%

    8Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

  • Ps 109:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice.

    29My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

  • Job 30:18
    71%

    18With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.

  • Job 33:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

    20so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

    21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

  • Job 20:23
    71%

    23“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

  • Job 13:28
    71%

    28So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

  • Job 16:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

    14He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

  • Job 18:16
    71%

    16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

  • Job 20:11
    71%

    11His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

  • Ps 10:7
    70%

    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • Lam 3:16
    70%

    16ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.

  • Lam 3:4
    70%

    4ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.

  • Deut 29:19
    70%

    19When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says,“I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

  • Ps 140:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

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

    10May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

  • Job 3:8
    70%

    8Let those who curse the day curse it– those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

  • Ps 22:14
    70%

    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

  • Job 24:18
    69%

    18“You say,‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

  • Job 18:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side.

    13It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs.

  • Ps 69:22
    69%

    22May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!

  • Lam 3:65
    69%

    65Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them!

  • Ps 37:22
    69%

    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Num 5:22
    69%

    22and this water that causes the curse will go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.” Then the woman must say,“Amen, amen.”

  • Job 14:22
    69%

    22His flesh only has pain for him, and he mourns for himself.”

  • Ps 7:16
    69%

    16He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

  • Job 18:7
    69%

    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

  • Isa 9:18
    69%

    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

  • Ps 73:6
    69%

    6Arrogance is their necklace, and violence covers them like clothing.

  • Ps 59:12
    69%

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

  • Prov 1:12
    69%

    12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

  • Ps 69:24
    69%

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

  • Job 9:31
    69%

    31then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.

  • Job 31:30
    69%

    30I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–