Psalms 35:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.”
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“May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 35:4 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 23:23Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
- 1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- Psalms 31:17O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
- 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 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalms 70:2May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalms 71:24My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
- Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Psalms 129:5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
- Isaiah 37:29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- Jeremiah 46:5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
- Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- John 18:6When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
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