Psalms 49:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

Why should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

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  • Gen 49:17 : 17 Dan will be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward.
  • 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
  • Ps 27:1-2 : 1 > Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
  • Ps 38:4 : 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
  • Ps 46:1-2 : 1 > God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, Though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
  • Ps 56:6-7 : 6 They conspire and lurk, Watching my steps, they are eager to take my life. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
  • Prov 24:10 : 10 If you falter in the time of trouble, Your strength is small.
  • Isa 41:10-11 : 10 Don't you be afraid, for I am with you; don't be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all those who are incensed against you shall be disappointed and confounded: those who strive with you shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
  • Hos 7:2 : 2 They don't consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; For it is an evil time.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
  • Rom 8:33-34 : 33 Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
  • Eph 5:16 : 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
  • Phil 1:28 : 28 and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 56:3-6
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    74%

    3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

    4 In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

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

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

  • 17 Don't be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.

  • Prov 3:25-26
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    25 Don't be afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

    26 For Yahweh will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being taken.

  • 16 For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, Or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

  • 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; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  • 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

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

  • 33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, And will be at ease, without fear of harm."

  • Ps 73:2-3
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    2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

    3 For I was envious of the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • 6 Those who trust in their wealth, And boast in the multitude of their riches--

  • 9 From the wicked who oppress me, My deadly enemies, who surround me.

  • Ps 55:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

    4 My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

    5 Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

  • 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

  • 11 Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

  • 12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

  • 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.

  • 11 I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

  • 29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

  • 5 For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

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

  • Ps 27:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

    3 Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, Even then I will be confident.

  • 22 If you say in your heart, Why are these things come on me? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels suffer violence.

  • 12 On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up against me their ways of destruction.

  • 1 > In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"

  • 10 Behold, he finds occasions against me, He counts me for his enemy:

  • Ps 140:4-5
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    4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

    5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, They have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

  • 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

  • 5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune, It is ready for them whose foot slips.

  • 27 You also put my feet in the stocks, And mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet:

  • 5 My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

  • 16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?

  • 25 For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.

  • 5 My steps have held fast to your paths, My feet have not slipped.

  • 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.

  • 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, From the traps of the workers of iniquity.

  • 9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate bread with me, Has lifted up his heel against me.

  • 5 "If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hurried to deceit

  • 2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, From the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

  • 27 When calamity overtakes you like a storm, When your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come on you.

  • 14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

  • 15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.