Psalms 35:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food.(If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 30:25 : 25 Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
  • Matt 10:13 : 13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
  • Ps 69:10-11 : 10 I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me. 11 I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.
  • Luke 10:6 : 6 And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.
  • Rom 12:14-15 : 14 Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
  • Lev 16:29 : 29 Review of the Day of Atonement“This is to be a perpetual statute for you. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you must humble yourselves and do no work of any kind, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner who lives in your midst,
  • Lev 16:31 : 31 It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.
  • 1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected. 28 The LORD’s message came to Elijah the Tishbite, 29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.”
  • Isa 58:3 : 3 They lament,‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.
  • Isa 58:5 : 5 Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,
  • Matt 9:14-15 : 14 The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?” 15 Jesus said to them,“The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 35:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Ps 69:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

    11I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.

  • Ps 35:12
    77%

    12They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

  • Dan 9:3
    75%

    3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

  • Job 16:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

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

    16my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

  • Job 30:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Lam 1:20-22
    3 verses
    72%

    20ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.

    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!

    22ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.

  • Ps 38:6-8
    3 verses
    72%

    6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

    7For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick.

    8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

  • Lam 3:20
    71%

    20I continually think about this, and I am depressed.

  • Ps 41:4
    71%

    4As for me, I said:“O LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!

  • Job 30:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me.

    28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

  • Job 30:25
    71%

    25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • Ps 73:21
    70%

    21Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

  • Ps 31:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

    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.

  • Ps 109:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.

    25I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.

  • Job 31:33
    70%

    33if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,

  • Isa 58:5
    70%

    5Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?

  • Job 30:16
    70%

    16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

  • Jer 8:18
    70%

    18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • Ps 102:9
    70%

    9For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,

  • Prov 23:35
    69%

    35You will say,“They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”

  • Ps 35:26
    69%

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

  • Ps 25:16
    69%

    16Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

  • Ps 38:18
    69%

    18Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.

  • Ps 32:3
    69%

    3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

  • Jer 10:19
    69%

    19And I cried out,“We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought,‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!’

  • Ps 77:2
    69%

    2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

  • Ps 109:22
    69%

    22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

  • Job 3:24
    69%

    24For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

  • Job 42:6
    69%

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

  • Jer 31:19
    69%

    19For after we turned away from you we repented. After we came to our senses we struck our thigh in sorrow. We are ashamed and humiliated because of the disgraceful things we did previously.’

  • Ps 109:4
    69%

    4They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.

  • Ps 55:12
    69%

    12Indeed, 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.

  • Ps 69:20
    69%

    20Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

  • Isa 37:1
    68%

    1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the LORD’s temple.

  • Isa 38:15
    68%

    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • Lam 1:11
    68%

    11כ(Kaf) All her people groaned as they searched for a morsel of bread. They exchanged their valuables for just enough food to stay alive. Jerusalem Speaks:“Look, O LORD! Consider that I have become worthless!”

  • Ps 102:5
    68%

    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

  • 1 Kgs 21:27
    68%

    27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.