Psalm 27:12
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12 Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
for false witnesses have risen against me,
and they are breathing out violence.(A)
Psalm 41:11
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11 By this I know that you are pleased with me:
because my enemy has not triumphed over me.(A)
Matthew 26:59-60
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59 Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death, 60 but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward(A)
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Psalm 35:11
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11 Malicious witnesses rise up;
they ask me about things I do not know.(A)
Psalm 31:8
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8 and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
you have set my feet in a broad place.(A)
Acts 9:1
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The Conversion of Saul
9 Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest(A)
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Acts 6:11-13
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11 Then they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”(A) 12 They stirred up the people as well as the elders and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted him, seized him, and brought him before the council. 13 They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law,(B)
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Psalm 35:25
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25 Do not let them say to themselves,
“Aha, we have our heart’s desire.”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed you[a] up.”(A)
Footnotes
- 35.25 Heb him
Psalm 140:8
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Footnotes
- 140.8 Heb adds they are exalted
Psalm 41:2
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2 The Lord protects them and keeps them alive;
they are called happy in the land.
You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.(A)
Psalm 38:16
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16 For I pray, “Only do not let them rejoice over me,
those who boast against me when my foot slips.”(A)
2 Samuel 16:7-8
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7 Shimei shouted while he cursed, “Out! Out! Murderer! Scoundrel!(A) 8 The Lord has avenged on all of you the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of blood.”(B)
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1 Samuel 26:19
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19 Now, therefore, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is mortals, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out today from my share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’(A)
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1 Samuel 22:9-10
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9 Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s servants, answered, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub;(A) 10 he inquired of the Lord for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”(B)
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Exodus 20:16
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16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.(A)
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Acts 26:11
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11 By punishing them often in all the synagogues I tried to force them to blaspheme, and since I was so furiously enraged at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.(A)
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Psalm 25:19
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19 Consider how many are my foes
and with what violent hatred they hate me.(A)
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