Psalms 109:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:24 : 24 and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.
  • Jer 18:21 : 21 So 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.
  • Lam 5:3 : 3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:10-19
    10 verses
    88%

    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!

    12May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children!

    13May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!

    14May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!

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

    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.

    18He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.

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

  • Ps 109:6-8
    3 verses
    86%

    6Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!

    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!

  • 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.

  • Job 27:14-15
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    76%

    14If his children increase– it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.

    15Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.

  • 9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • 24and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

  • 21He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

  • 6They kill the widow and the resident foreigner, and they murder the fatherless.

  • 10then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.

  • Ps 69:22-25
    4 verses
    73%

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

    23May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently!

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

    25May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!

  • 11Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.”

  • 8then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.

  • 2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • 19‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • 17So the Lord was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

  • 9The LORD protects the resident foreigner; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

  • 3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.

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

  • Job 18:16-19
    4 verses
    71%

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

    17His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

    18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

    19He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed.

  • 15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • 9No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,

  • 9He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD!

  • 9How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!

  • 14Give them, O LORD– what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!

  • 9You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.

  • 10His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.

  • 11This is what the LORD has said:‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight!

  • 8Their widows will become in my sight more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashores. At noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men. I will cause anguish and terror to fall suddenly upon them.

  • 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.

  • 16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • 16Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

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