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 41:11
New Living Translation
11 I know you are pleased with me,
for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.
Matthew 26:59-60
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59 Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council[a] were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death. 60 But even though they found many who agreed to give false witness, they could not use anyone’s testimony. Finally, two men came forward
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- 26:59 Greek the Sanhedrin.
Psalm 35:11
New Living Translation
11 Malicious witnesses testify against me.
They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.
Psalm 31:8
New Living Translation
8 You have not handed me over to my enemies
but have set me in a safe place.
Acts 9:1
New Living Translation
Saul’s Conversion
9 Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers.[a] So he went to the high priest.
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- 9:1 Greek disciples.
Acts 6:11-13
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11 So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.” 12 This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.[a]
13 The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.
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Psalm 35:25
New Living Translation
25 Don’t let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted!
Now we will eat him alive!”
Psalm 140:8
New Living Translation
8 Lord, do not let evil people have their way.
Do not let their evil schemes succeed,
or they will become proud. Interlude
Psalm 41:2
New Living Translation
2 The Lord protects them
and keeps them alive.
He gives them prosperity in the land
and rescues them from their enemies.
Psalm 38:16
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16 I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me
or rejoice at my downfall.”
2 Samuel 16:7-8
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7 “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!” he shouted at David. 8 “The Lord is paying you back for all the bloodshed in Saul’s clan. You stole his throne, and now the Lord has given it to your son Absalom. At last you will taste some of your own medicine, for you are a murderer!”
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1 Samuel 26:19
New Living Translation
19 But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the Lord. For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the Lord’s people, and they have said, ‘Go, worship pagan gods.’
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1 Samuel 22:9-10
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9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul’s men, spoke up. “When I was at Nob,” he said, “I saw the son of Jesse talking to the priest, Ahimelech son of Ahitub. 10 Ahimelech consulted the Lord for him. Then he gave him food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
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Exodus 20:16
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16 “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
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Acts 26:11
New Living Translation
11 Many times I had them punished in the synagogues to get them to curse Jesus.[a] I was so violently opposed to them that I even chased them down in foreign cities.
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- 26:11 Greek to blaspheme.
Psalm 25:19
New Living Translation
19 See how many enemies I have
and how viciously they hate me!
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