Psalms 120:7

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 109:4 : 4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
  • Eph 2:14-17 : 14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, 15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace; 16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
  • 1 Sam 24:9-9 : 9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?' 10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
  • 1 Sam 26:2-4 : 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
  • 2 Sam 20:19 : 19 I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?"
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.
  • Ps 35:20 : 20 For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 55:20 : 20 He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 120:6
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    6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

  • Ps 122:6-8
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    6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

    7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

    8 For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you."

  • Ps 35:20
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    20 For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Isa 27:4-5
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    72%

    4 Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.

    5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me."

  • Ps 27:3
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    3 Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

  • Ps 55:18
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    18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.

  • Ps 118:6-7
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    72%

    6 Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

    7 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

  • Ps 55:20-21
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    20 He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

    21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

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

  • Ps 109:2-4
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    2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

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

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

  • Ps 140:2
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    2 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

  • Ps 139:21-22
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    21 Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?

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

  • Ps 7:4
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    4 if 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 3:1
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    1 Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

  • Ps 125:5
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    5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel. A Song of Ascents.

  • Jer 8:11
    70%

    11 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  • Ps 13:4
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    4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

  • Rom 3:17
    70%

    17 The way of peace, they haven't known."

  • Ps 28:3
    70%

    3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 31:13
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    13 For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

  • Isa 57:21
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    21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."

  • Ps 85:8
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    8 I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

  • Ps 38:19
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    19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19 Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Ps 41:7
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    7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

  • Deut 20:10
    69%

    10 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3 For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.

  • Matt 10:34
    69%

    34 "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.

  • Isa 48:22
    69%

    22 "There is no peace," says Yahweh, "for the wicked."

  • Ps 3:6
    69%

    6 I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.

  • Jas 3:18
    69%

    18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

  • Ps 57:4
    69%

    4 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

  • Ps 54:3
    69%

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

  • Jer 9:8
    69%

    8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

  • Ps 55:3
    69%

    3 Because 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 4:8
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    8 In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety. For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    69%

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

  • Ps 38:12
    68%

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

  • Ezek 7:25
    68%

    25 Destruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

  • Jer 6:14
    68%

    14 They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, 'Peace, peace!' when there is no peace.

  • Ps 102:8
    68%

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

  • Ps 118:12
    68%

    12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.