Psalms 38:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.”
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“Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 38:12 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 16:7And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
- 2 Samuel 17:1Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
- Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
- Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
- Psalms 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
- Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- Psalms 35:20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
- Psalms 41:5My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
- Psalms 54:3For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah
- Psalms 62:3How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
- Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
- Psalms 119:110The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
- Psalms 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
- Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
- Proverbs 19:7All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
- Luke 20:19When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
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