Psalms 55:12
For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
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- Ps 41:9 : 9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
- 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.
- Matt 26:21-23 : 21 As they were eating, he said, "Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me." 22 They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?" 23 He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.
- John 13:18 : 18 I don't speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.'
- John 18:2-3 : 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
- Ps 38:16 : 16 For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
- Isa 10:15 : 15 Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
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13 But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.
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29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;
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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.
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24 Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?
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4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
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10 For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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25 Don'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!"
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10 For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
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11 He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.
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19 Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.
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9 He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
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10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.
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7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
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20 "Only don't do two things to me; then I will not hide myself from your face:
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20 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.
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7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
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5 My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"
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16 For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
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