Psalms 7:3

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O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.
  • 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 As he yelled curses, Shimei said,“Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man! 8 The LORD has punished you for all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.
  • Ps 66:18 : 18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
  • Job 11:14 : 14 if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.
  • Job 16:17-19 : 17 although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure. 18 An Appeal to God as Witness“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry. 19 Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
  • 1 Sam 26:18-19 : 18 He went on to say,“Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done? 19 So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the LORD’s inheritance, saying,‘Go on, serve other gods!’
  • Josh 22:22 : 22 “El, God, the LORD! El, God, the LORD! He knows the truth! Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the LORD, don’t spare us today!
  • 1 Sam 20:8 : 8 You must be loyal to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the LORD’s name. If I am guilty, you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”
  • 1 Sam 22:8 : 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!”
  • 1 Sam 22:13 : 13 Saul said to him,“Why have you conspired against me, you and this son of Jesse? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf, so that he opposes me and waits in ambush, as is the case today!”
  • 1 Sam 24:9 : 9 David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 82%

    4or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,

  • Job 31:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

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

    6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

    7If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

  • 3If you, O LORD, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

  • Ps 7:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1A musical composition by David, which he sang to the LORD concerning a Benjaminite named Cush. O LORD my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!

    2Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

  • Job 10:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,

    7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?

  • 17although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?

    21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

  • 21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

  • 13I concluded,“Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.

  • Job 35:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

    7If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?

  • Job 10:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.

    15If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.

  • 9I must endure the LORD’s fury, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will witness his deliverance.

  • 14if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

  • 59You have seen the wrong done to me, O LORD; pronounce judgment on my behalf!

  • 74%

    8The LORD judges the nations. Vindicate me, LORD, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!

  • 6I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O LORD,

  • 9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

  • Job 31:27-29
    3 verses
    74%

    27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

    28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

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

  • 24The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

  • 27But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say,“Our power is great, and the LORD has not done all this!”’

  • 73%

    12May the LORD judge between the two of us, and may the LORD vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

    13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

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

  • 1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

  • 11But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

  • 7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • 4Against you– you above all– I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

  • Ps 18:20-21
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    73%

    20The LORD repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior.

    21For I have obeyed the LORD’s commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

  • 23Or‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?

  • 3Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.

  • Job 9:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?

    30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,

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

  • 18If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

  • 21The LORD repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior.

  • 8David said to God,“I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

  • 24Vindicate me by your justice, O LORD my God! Do not let them gloat over me!

  • 1By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering.

  • 15“Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with great power and made a name for yourself that is remembered to this day– we have sinned and behaved wickedly.

  • 4But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern!