Psalms 56:5

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All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.
  • 1 Sam 18:17 : 17 Then Saul said to David,“Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the LORD.”For Saul thought,“There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 Saul said,“I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David,“Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.”
  • 1 Sam 18:29 : 29 Saul became even more afraid of him. Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on.
  • 1 Sam 20:7 : 7 If he should then say,‘That’s fine,’ then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me.
  • 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.
  • Ps 41:7 : 7 All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.
  • Isa 29:20-21 : 20 For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated– 21 those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Jeremiah Petitions the Lord to Punish Those Who Attack Him Then some people said,“Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
  • Matt 22:15 : 15 Paying Taxes to Caesar Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.
  • Matt 26:61 : 61 and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
  • Luke 11:54 : 54 plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.
  • Luke 22:3-6 : 3 Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve. 4 He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them. 5 They were delighted and arranged to give him money. 6 So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.
  • John 2:19 : 19 Jesus replied,“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”

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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.

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    3He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.

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    60You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.

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

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    9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

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    2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

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    17They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.

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  • Ps 59:3
    75%

    3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.

  • 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 42:10
    75%

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

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    75%

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    74%

    6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

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    74%

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    74%

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    74%

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    73%

    20May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

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    73%

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    73%

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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.

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    5He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.

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    73%

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    72%

    2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

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    10Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.