Psalms 35:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

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  • Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear `is' round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,
  • Ps 36:3-4 : 3 The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good. 4 Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not. 5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?' 6 They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart `are' deep.
  • Ps 120:5-7 : 5 Wo to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar. 6 Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace. 7 I `am' peace, and when I speak they `are' for war!
  • Ps 140:2-5 : 2 Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble `for' wars. 3 They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder `is' under their lips. Selah. 4 Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps. 5 The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 And I `am' as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.
  • Dan 6:5 : 5 Then these men are saying, `We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found `it' against him in the law of his God.'
  • Matt 12:19 : 19 he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,
  • Matt 12:24 : 24 but the Pharisees having heard, said, `This one doth not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.'
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill `him',
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth, 23 who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 20Deceit `is' in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace `is' joy.

  • 12And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

  • 2Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble `for' wars.

  • 19Mine enemies rejoice not over me `with' falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

  • 8A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

  • 11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

  • Ps 109:2-3
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    2For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

    3They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

  • 7I `am' peace, and when I speak they `are' for war!

  • 21And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, `Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'

  • 7All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

  • Ps 55:20-21
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    20He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.

    21Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'.

  • Ps 64:4-5
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    4To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

    5They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'

  • 3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • 2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

  • 5And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

  • 3And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

  • 20Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity `are' Thine enemies.

  • Ps 83:2-3
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    2For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,

    3Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

  • 4Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

  • 15And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

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    9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

  • 25They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'

  • 9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

  • 12The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

  • 16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.

  • 7For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

  • 17And a way of peace they did not know.

  • 11And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.

  • 10For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

  • 5For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,

  • 12Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue `is' deceitful in their mouth.

  • 17Saying diligently to those despising The word of Jehovah: Peace is for you, And `to' every one walking in the stubbornness of his heart they have said: Evil doth not come in unto you.

  • 8A way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known peace.

  • 2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

  • 35To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.

  • Ps 73:8-9
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    8They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

    9They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

  • 3Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts `are' for evil,

    6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

  • 12The sin of their mouth `is' a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

  • 7Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords `are' in their lips, for `Who heareth?'

  • 22A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.

  • 10By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness `are' in its midst,

  • 19And mine enemies `are' lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

  • 5Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried `Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.