Psalm 25:19
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19 See how many enemies I have
and how viciously they hate me!
Luke 23:21-23
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21 But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
22 For the third time he demanded, “Why? What crime has he committed? I have found no reason to sentence him to death. So I will have him flogged, and then I will release him.”
23 But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.
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Luke 23:5
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5 Then they became insistent. “But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes—all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!”
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Luke 22:2
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2 The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people’s reaction.
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Psalm 143:3
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3 My enemy has chased me.
He has knocked me to the ground
and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
Psalm 140:11
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11 Don’t let liars prosper here in our land.
Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.
Psalm 140:4
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4 O Lord, keep me out of the hands of the wicked.
Protect me from those who are violent,
for they are plotting against me.
Psalm 140:1
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Psalm 140
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 O Lord, rescue me from evil people.
Protect me from those who are violent,
Psalm 138:7
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7 Though I am surrounded by troubles,
you will protect me from the anger of my enemies.
You reach out your hand,
and the power of your right hand saves me.
Psalm 86:14
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14 O God, insolent people rise up against me;
a violent gang is trying to kill me.
You mean nothing to them.
Psalm 57:4
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4 I am surrounded by fierce lions
who greedily devour human prey—
whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows,
and whose tongues cut like swords.
Psalm 56:2
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2 I am constantly hounded by those who slander me,
and many are boldly attacking me.
Psalm 52:2
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2 All day long you plot destruction.
Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor;
you’re an expert at telling lies.
Psalm 38:19
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19 I have many aggressive enemies;
they hate me without reason.
Psalm 27:12
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12 Do not let me fall into their hands.
For they accuse me of things I’ve never done;
with every breath they threaten me with violence.
Psalm 27:2
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2 When evil people come to devour me,
when my enemies and foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
Psalm 18:48
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48 and rescues me from my enemies.
You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
you save me from violent opponents.
Psalm 11:5
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5 The Lord examines both the righteous and the wicked.
He hates those who love violence.
Psalm 3:1-2
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Psalm 3
A psalm of David, regarding the time David fled from his son Absalom.
1 O Lord, I have so many enemies;
so many are against me.
2 So many are saying,
“God will never rescue him!” Interlude[a]
Footnotes
- 3:2 Hebrew Selah. The meaning of this word is uncertain, though it is probably a musical or literary term. It is rendered Interlude throughout the Psalms.
2 Samuel 17:2-4
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2 I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged. He and his troops will panic, and everyone will run away. Then I will kill only the king, 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride returns to her husband. After all, it is only one man’s life that you seek.[a] Then you will be at peace with all the people.” 4 This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.
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- 17:3 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads like the return of all is the man whom you seek.
2 Samuel 16:11
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11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son is trying to kill me. Doesn’t this relative of Saul[a] have even more reason to do so? Leave him alone and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to do it.
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- 16:11 Hebrew this Benjaminite.
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