Psalms 35:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.”
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“For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 35:20 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Psalms 64:4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
- Psalms 120:5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
- Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
- Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
- Daniel 6:5Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
- Matthew 12:19He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.
- Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
- Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
- Acts 23:15Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
- Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
- 1 Peter 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
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