Psalms 109:4

World English Bible (2000)

In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 38:20 : 20 They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
  • John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
  • Ps 55:16-17 : 16 As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me. 17 Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
  • Ps 69:12-13 : 12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards. 13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
  • Luke 6:11-12 : 11 But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus. 12 It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
  • 2 Sam 13:39 : 39 [the soul of] king David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
  • 2 Sam 15:31-32 : 31 Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness." 32 It happened that when David had come to the top [of the ascent], where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:5
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    5They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

    2for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

    3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

  • Ps 109:20-22
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    76%

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

    21But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;

    22for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

  • Ps 25:19
    76%

    19Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Ps 38:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

    20They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

  • Ps 139:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

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

    21Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?

    22I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

  • Ps 102:8
    73%

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

  • Ps 69:4
    73%

    4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.

  • Ps 55:3
    73%

    3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

  • Ps 35:12
    72%

    12They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

  • Matt 5:44
    72%

    44But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    72%

    41You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

  • Job 19:19
    72%

    19All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

  • Ps 41:7
    72%

    7All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

  • Job 16:10
    71%

    10They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

  • Ps 17:9
    71%

    9from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

  • Ps 120:7
    71%

    7I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. A Song of Ascents.

  • Ps 13:4
    71%

    4Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

  • Ps 54:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.

    3For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 7:4
    71%

    4if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

  • Ps 71:13
    71%

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

  • Ps 18:40
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    40You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease.

  • Jer 18:20
    70%

    20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

  • Ps 38:12
    70%

    12They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

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

  • Ps 56:2
    70%

    2My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

  • Ps 119:157
    70%

    157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.

  • Ps 119:139
    70%

    139My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

  • Jer 18:23
    70%

    23Yet, 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.

  • Ps 59:3
    70%

    3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.

  • Ps 35:4
    70%

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

  • Ps 35:1
    70%

    1Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

  • Ps 41:10
    70%

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

  • Ps 3:1
    70%

    1Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

  • Lam 3:52
    69%

    52They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

  • Ps 40:14
    69%

    14Let 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.

  • Ps 59:1
    69%

    1Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

  • Lam 3:62
    69%

    62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

  • Ps 70:2
    69%

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