Psalms 109:28

World English Bible (2000)

They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 22:12 : 12 God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed."
  • Num 23:20 : 20 Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
  • Num 23:23 : 23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!
  • 2 Sam 16:10-13 : 10 The king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, 'Curse David;' who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?'" 11 David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, "Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him. 12 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today." 13 So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.
  • Ps 109:17 : 17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
  • Isa 65:13-16 : 13 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed; 14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit. 15 You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name: 16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
  • John 16:22 : 22 Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:29
    81%

    29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

  • Ps 109:27
    80%

    27 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.

  • Ps 35:26-27
    2 verses
    79%

    26 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

    27 Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"

  • Ps 40:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

    15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!"

  • Ps 109:17-20
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    75%

    17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

    18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

    19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

    20 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.

  • Lam 3:65
    74%

    65 You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.

  • Luke 6:28
    74%

    28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

  • Ps 83:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.

    17 Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

  • Rom 12:14
    73%

    14 Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.

  • Job 3:8
    73%

    8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

  • Jer 17:18
    73%

    18 Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don't let me be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

  • Ps 35:4
    73%

    4 Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

  • 2 Sam 16:12
    72%

    12 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today."

  • Ps 70:2
    72%

    2 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

  • Ps 37:22
    72%

    22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Ps 62:4
    72%

    4 They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Isa 26:11
    72%

    11 Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don't see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.

  • Num 23:8
    72%

    8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?

  • Ps 140:9
    72%

    9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Ps 109:15
    72%

    15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

  • Ps 71:13
    72%

    13 Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

  • Jer 18:23
    72%

    23 Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.

  • Deut 33:11
    72%

    11 Yahweh, bless his substance. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again."

  • Ps 139:20
    72%

    20 For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

  • Ps 5:11
    71%

    11 But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

  • Ps 59:12
    71%

    12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

  • Job 8:22
    71%

    22 Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."

  • Ps 102:8
    71%

    8 My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

  • Ps 35:19
    71%

    19 Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

  • Ps 35:24
    71%

    24 Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don't let them gloat over me.

  • Gen 27:29
    71%

    29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."

  • Ps 119:78
    71%

    78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

  • Ps 129:8
    71%

    8 Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh." A Song of Ascents.

  • Ps 69:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27 Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let them come into your righteousness.

    28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

  • Ps 41:10
    71%

    10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

  • Ps 109:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

    7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

  • Prov 24:25
    70%

    25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

  • Ps 129:5
    70%

    5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

  • Ps 31:16
    70%

    16 Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

  • Ps 132:9
    70%

    9 Let your priest be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!"

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10 "Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

  • Job 27:7
    70%

    7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.