Psalms 41:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.”
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“Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 41:9 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- 2 Samuel 15:12While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
- Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
- Job 19:19All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
- Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
- Psalms 55:20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
- Psalms 101:3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
- Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
- Obadiah 1:7All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.
- Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- Matthew 26:23Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
- John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
- John 13:26Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
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