Psalms 55:20

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“My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.”

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BSBPD

“My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 55:20 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 22:17Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
  2. 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
  3. 2 Samuel 2:4Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
  4. 2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
  5. 2 Samuel 14:32“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
  6. 2 Samuel 15:10Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
  7. 2 Samuel 18:12The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
  8. 2 Kings 17:34To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
  9. Psalms 6:10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
  10. Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
  11. Psalms 89:28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
  12. Psalms 89:34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
  13. Psalms 89:38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
  14. Psalms 93:2Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.
  15. Psalms 109:5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
  16. Psalms 120:6Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
  17. Ecclesiastes 8:2Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
  18. Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
  19. Ezekiel 17:16‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
  20. Acts 12:1About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.

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