Psalms 55:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.”
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“Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness <FI>are<Fi> in its midst,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 55:10 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
- 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- 2 Samuel 16:21Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
- 2 Samuel 17:1Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
- Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Psalms 59:6They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
- Psalms 59:14They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
- Isaiah 59:6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
- Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
- Hosea 7:6For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Habakkuk 1:3Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
- Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
- John 18:3So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.
- John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
- Acts 9:24but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
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