Psalms 35:4

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Ps 129:5 : 5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
  • Isa 37:29 : 29 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
  • Jer 46:5 : 5 Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.
  • Ezek 13:19 : 19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  • John 18:6 : 6 When therefore he said to them, "I am he," they went backward, and fell to the ground.
  • 1 Sam 23:23 : 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah."
  • 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 He said, "I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."
  • Ps 31:17-18 : 17 Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol. 18 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
  • Ps 35:26 : 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.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
  • Ps 40:14-15 : 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 70:2-3 : 2 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. 3 Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, "Aha! Aha!"
  • Ps 71:24 : 24 My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me. By Solomon.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 70:2-3
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    93%

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

    3Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, "Aha! Aha!"

  • Ps 40:14-15
    2 verses
    91%

    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.

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

  • Ps 71:13
    86%

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

  • Ps 35:24-26
    3 verses
    85%

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

    25Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

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

  • Jer 17:18
    81%

    18Let 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 35:3
    78%

    3Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."

  • Ps 83:16-17
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    77%

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

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

  • Ps 109:20
    77%

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

  • Ps 129:5
    77%

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

  • Ps 38:12
    76%

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

  • Ps 7:5
    76%

    5let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

  • Ps 56:6
    76%

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

  • Ps 109:28-29
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    76%

    28They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

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

  • Ps 35:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    5Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh's angel driving them on.

    6Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them.

    7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

    8Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

  • Ps 6:10
    75%

    10May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly. A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.

  • Ps 25:19-20
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    75%

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

    20Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.

  • Ps 35:12
    75%

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

  • Ps 71:10
    75%

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

  • Ps 57:6
    74%

    6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.

  • Jer 20:11
    74%

    11But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

  • Ps 140:9
    74%

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

  • Ps 63:9
    74%

    9But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 59:3
    74%

    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 54:3
    74%

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

  • Ps 13:4
    73%

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

  • Ps 71:24
    73%

    24My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me. By Solomon.

  • Ps 41:7
    73%

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

  • Ps 69:6
    73%

    6Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

    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 35:19
    73%

    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 35:15
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 17:13
    73%

    13Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;

  • Ps 86:14
    72%

    14God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you before them.

  • Ps 119:78
    72%

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

  • Ps 31:17
    72%

    17Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.

  • Ps 44:15
    72%

    15All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

  • Ps 38:20
    72%

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

  • Job 16:10
    72%

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

  • Jer 18:20
    72%

    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.