Psalms 119:78
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.”
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“May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: ButI will meditate on thy precepts.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Ashamed are the proud, For <FI>with<Fi> falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 119:78 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
- 1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
- 1 Samuel 26:18And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
- Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
- Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
- Psalms 25:3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
- Psalms 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
- Psalms 119:15I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
- Psalms 119:21You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:23Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
- Psalms 119:51The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
- Psalms 119:85The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
- Psalms 119:86All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
- Jeremiah 50:32The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
- John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
- 1 Peter 2:20How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
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