Psalms 49:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 49:17 : 17 May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.
  • 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Now don’t let my blood fall to the ground away from the LORD’s presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge in the hill country.”
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.
  • Ps 27:1-2 : 1 By David. The LORD delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The LORD protects my life! I am afraid of no one! 2 When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.
  • Ps 38:4 : 4 For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
  • Ps 46:1-2 : 1 For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble. 2 For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,
  • Ps 56:6-7 : 6 They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life. 7 Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
  • Prov 24:10 : 10 You have slacked off in the day of trouble– your strength is small!
  • Isa 41:10-11 : 10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand! 11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish.
  • Hos 7:2 : 2 They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 and said,‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’
  • Rom 8:33-34 : 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died(and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.
  • Eph 5:16 : 16 taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
  • Phil 1:28 : 28 and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation– a sign which is from God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 56:3-6
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    3When I am afraid, I trust in you.

    4In God– I boast in his promise– in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

    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.

  • Jer 17:17
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    17Do not cause me dismay! You are my source of safety in times of trouble.

  • Prov 3:25-26
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    25Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;

    26for the LORD will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

  • 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.

  • 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 49:4
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    4I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.

  • Ps 13:4
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    4Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

  • Prov 1:33
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    33But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.

  • Ps 73:2-3
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    2But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me.

    3For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Ps 49:6
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    6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

  • 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 55:3-5
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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.

    5Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

  • Job 18:11
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    11Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step.

  • Ps 36:11
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    11Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless!

  • Ps 40:12
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    12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

  • Job 9:28
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    28I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

  • Ps 56:11
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    11in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

  • Job 31:29
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    29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–

  • 2 Sam 22:5
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    5The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

  • Ps 3:6
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    6I am not afraid of the multitude of people who attack me from all directions.

  • Ps 27:2-3
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    2When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

    3Even when an army is deployed against me, I do not fear. Even when war is imminent, I remain confident.

  • Jer 13:22
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    22You will probably ask yourself,‘Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?’ It is because you have sinned so much.

  • Job 30:12
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    12On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

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    1For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird!

  • Job 33:10
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    10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!

  • Ps 140:4-5
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    4O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

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

  • Ps 23:4
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    4Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

  • Job 12:5
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    5For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!

  • Job 13:27
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    27And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.

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

  • Ps 94:16
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    16Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

  • 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 17:5
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    5I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

  • Ps 31:13
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    13For 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.

  • Ps 141:9
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    9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

  • Ps 41:9
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    9Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.

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    5If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit–

  • Ps 64:2
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    2Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

  • Prov 1:27
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    27when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

  • Job 13:14
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    14Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

  • Job 23:15
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    15That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.