Psalms 22:6

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But I am a worm, not a man; people insult me and despise me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 25:6 : 6 how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”
  • Isa 41:14 : 14 Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the LORD, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 49:7 : 7 This is what the LORD, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers:“Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful LORD, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
  • Matt 11:19 : 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
  • Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard this they said,“He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”
  • Matt 27:20-23 : 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed. 21 The governor asked them,“Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said,“Barabbas!” 22 Pilate said to them,“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said,“Crucify him!” 23 He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!”
  • John 7:15 : 15 Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said,“How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?”
  • John 7:20 : 20 The crowd answered,“You’re possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?”
  • John 7:47-49 : 47 Then the Pharisees answered,“You haven’t been deceived too, have you? 48 None of the members of the ruling council or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? 49 But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!”
  • John 8:48 : 48 The Judeans replied,“Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”
  • Heb 13:12 : 12 Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp.
  • Rev 15:3 : 3 They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb:“Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!
  • Lam 3:30 : 30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; let him have his fill of insults.
  • Ps 31:11 : 11 Because 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.
  • Ps 69:7-9 : 7 For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced. 8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner. 9 Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you. 10 I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me. 11 I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me. 12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.
  • Ps 69:19-20 : 19 You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies. 20 Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
  • Ps 88:8 : 8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
  • Ps 31:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. In you, O LORD, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! Vindicate me by rescuing me!

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    7All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

  • Job 25:6
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    6how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”

  • Lam 3:14
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    14I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.

  • Ps 31:11-12
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    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.

  • Job 17:6
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    6He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.

  • Job 7:5
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    5My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.

  • Ps 109:25
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    25I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.

  • Job 30:9-10
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    9Job’s Indignities“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.

    10They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

  • Ps 69:19-20
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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.

  • Job 30:19
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    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

  • Ps 38:6
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    6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

  • Lam 3:1
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  • Ps 88:4
    72%

    4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

  • Ps 69:7
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    7For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.

  • Job 19:18-19
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    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.

  • Lam 3:45
    72%

    45You make us like filthy scum in the estimation of the nations.

  • Job 18:3
    72%

    3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

  • Job 19:3
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    3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

  • Ps 22:5
    72%

    5To you they cried out, and they were saved; in you they trusted and they were not disappointed.

  • Job 16:10
    72%

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

  • Ps 35:15
    72%

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Job 42:6
    72%

    6Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

  • Job 12:4
    71%

    4I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered– a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!

  • Job 16:15
    71%

    15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

  • Job 9:31
    71%

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

  • Jer 49:15
    71%

    15The LORD says to Edom,“I will certainly make you small among nations. I will make you despised by all humankind.

  • Ps 35:26
    71%

    26May those who rejoice in my troubles be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!

  • Isa 53:3
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  • Ps 22:14-16
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    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

    16Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

  • Lam 1:21
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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!

  • Ps 102:8
    70%

    8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

  • Job 16:20
    70%

    20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

  • Job 6:21
    70%

    21For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

  • Ps 39:10
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    10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

  • Jer 20:7-8
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    8For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out,“Violence and destruction are coming!” This message from the LORD has made me an object of continual insults and derision.

  • Ps 88:8
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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.

  • Jer 20:10
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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.

  • Ps 142:4
    70%

    4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

  • Ps 69:11
    70%

    11I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.

  • Ps 109:22
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    22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

  • Ps 89:50
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    50Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

  • Ps 42:10
    70%

    10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”

  • Ps 89:41
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    41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.