Psalms 31:13

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For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.

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  • 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.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.
  • Lam 2:22 : 22 ת(Tav) As if it were a feast day, you call enemies to terrify me on every side. On the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived. My enemy has finished off those healthy infants whom I bore and raised.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-4 : 1 The Death of Ahithophel Ahithophel said to Absalom,“Let me pick out twelve thousand men. Then I will go and pursue David this very night. 2 When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king 3 and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone. The entire army will return unharmed.” 4 This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel.
  • Ps 55:10 : 10 Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.
  • Ps 56:1-3 : 1 For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me. 2 Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One. 3 When I am afraid, I trust in you.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a haughty demeanor and an arrogant attitude.
  • Jer 6:25 : 25 Do not go out into the countryside. Do not travel on the roads. For the enemy is there with sword in hand. They are spreading terror everywhere.”
  • Jer 11:19 : 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.”
  • Jer 20:3-4 : 3 But the next day Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. When he did, Jeremiah said to him,“The LORD’s name for you is not‘Pashhur’ but‘Terror is Everywhere.’ 4 For the LORD says,‘I will make both you and your friends terrified of what will happen to you. You will see all of them die by the swords of their enemies. I will hand all the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will carry some of them away into exile in Babylon and he will kill others of them with the sword.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
  • 1 Sam 19:10-17 : 10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. David escaped quickly that night. 11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him,“If you do not save yourself tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!” 12 So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped. 13 Then Michal took a household idol and put it on the bed. She put a quilt made of goat’s hair over its head and then covered the idol with a garment. 14 When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said,“He’s sick.” 15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying,“Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him.” 16 When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat’s hair at its head. 17 Saul said to Michal,“Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!” Michal replied to Saul,“He said to me,‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’”
  • 1 Sam 20:33 : 33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced that his father had decided to kill David.
  • 1 Sam 22:8-9 : 8 For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!” 9 But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with the servants of Saul, replied,“I saw this son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob. 10 He inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
  • 1 Sam 23:19-20 : 19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said,“Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon? 20 Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”
  • 1 Sam 24:9 : 9 David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?
  • Luke 23:1-2 : 1 Jesus Brought Before Pilate Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate. 2 They began to accuse him, saying,“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”
  • Luke 23:5 : 5 But they persisted in saying,“He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”

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  • Jer 20:10-11
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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.

    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.

  • Ps 31:10-12
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    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.

  • 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 41:7
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    7All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.

  • Ps 31:14-15
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    14But I trust in you, O LORD! I declare,“You are my God!”

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

  • Ps 38:12
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    12Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

  • Ps 55:3-4
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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.

    4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Jer 11:19
    75%

    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.”

  • Job 16:10
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    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

  • Ps 41:5
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    5My enemies ask this cruel question about me,‘When will he finally die and be forgotten?’

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

    6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

  • Ps 13:4
    75%

    4Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

  • Ps 38:16
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    16I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.

  • 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 25:19
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    19Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

  • Lam 3:61-62
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    61ש(Sin/Shin) You have heard their taunts, O LORD, all their plots against me.

    62My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long.

  • Ps 109:2-3
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    2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

    3They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.

  • Ps 22:13
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    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

  • Jer 18:22-23
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    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.

    23But 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!

  • Ps 31:22
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    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • Lam 1:21
    73%

    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 56:3
    73%

    3When I am afraid, I trust in you.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Ps 3:1
    73%

    1A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. LORD, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.

  • Ps 27:12
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    12Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.

  • Job 31:34
    72%

    34because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–

  • Job 3:25
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    25For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)

  • Job 31:29
    72%

    29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–

  • Ps 56:11
    72%

    11in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

  • Ps 64:1-2
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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy’s terrifying attacks.

    2Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

  • Lam 3:11
    72%

    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Ps 54:3
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    3For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life.(Selah)

  • Job 16:12
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    12I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

  • Ps 86:14
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    14O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

  • Ps 143:9
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    9Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD! I run to you for protection.

  • Ps 102:8
    72%

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

  • Job 30:13
    72%

    13They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them.