Psalm 41:5
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5 My enemies wonder in malice
when I will die and my name perish.(A)
Proverbs 10:7
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7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.(A)
Psalm 102:8
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8 All day long my enemies taunt me;
those who deride me use my name for a curse.(A)
Psalm 38:12
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12 Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin
and meditate on treachery all day long.(A)
Job 20:7
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7 they will perish forever like their own dung;
those who have seen them will say, ‘Where are they?’
Psalm 22:6-8
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6 But I am a worm and not human,
scorned by others and despised by the people.(A)
7 All who see me mock me;
they sneer at me; they shake their heads;(B)
8 “Commit your cause to the Lord; let him deliver—
let him rescue the one in whom he delights!”(C)
Job 18:17
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17 Their memory perishes from the earth,
and they have no name in the street.(A)
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