Psalm 5:10
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10 Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them fall by their own counsels;
because of their many transgressions, cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.(A)
2 Samuel 17:14
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14 Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring ruin on Absalom.(A)
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written,
“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”(A)
Isaiah 63:10
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10 But they rebelled
and grieved his holy spirit;
therefore he became their enemy;
he himself fought against them.(A)
2 Samuel 17:23
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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself; he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.(A)
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2 Samuel 15:31
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31 David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”(A)
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Romans 3:19-20
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19 Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.(A) 20 For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.(B)
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Hosea 9:7
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7 The days of punishment have come;
the days of recompense have come.
Israel will cry out,[a]
“The prophet is a fool;
the man of the spirit is mad!”
Because of your great iniquity,
your hostility is great.(A)
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- 9.7 Or will know
Lamentations 1:5
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5 Her foes have become the masters;
her enemies prosper
because the Lord has made her suffer
for the multitude of her transgressions;
her children have gone away,
captives before the foe.(A)
Psalm 140:9-10
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9 Those who surround me lift up their heads;[a]
let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!(A)
10 Let burning coals fall on them!
Let them be flung into pits, no more to rise!(B)
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- 140.9 Cn: Heb those who surround me are uplifted in head
Psalm 109:6-20
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6 They say,[a] “Appoint a wicked man against him;
let an accuser stand on his right.(A)
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty;
let his prayer be counted as sin.(B)
8 May his days be few;
may another seize his position.(C)
9 May his children be orphans
and his wife a widow.(D)
10 May his children wander about and beg;
may they be driven out of[b] the ruins they inhabit.
11 May the creditor seize all that he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.(E)
12 May there be no one to do him a kindness
nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.(F)
13 May his posterity be cut off;
may his name be blotted out in the second generation.(G)
14 May the iniquity of his father[c] be remembered before the Lord,
and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.(H)
15 Let them be before the Lord continually,
and may his[d] memory be cut off from the earth.(I)
16 For he did not remember to show kindness
but pursued the poor and needy
and the brokenhearted to their death.(J)
17 He loved to curse; let curses come on him.
He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.(K)
18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak into his body like water,
like oil into his bones.(L)
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself,
like a belt that he wears every day.”
20 May that be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life.(M)
Psalm 71:13
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13 Let my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
let those who seek to hurt me
be covered with scorn and disgrace.(A)
Psalm 31:18
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18 Let the lying lips be stilled
that speak insolently against the righteous
with pride and contempt.(A)
Daniel 9:9
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9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, but we have rebelled against him(A)
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Daniel 9:5
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5 we have sinned and done wrong, acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and ordinances.(A)
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Isaiah 1:20
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20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be devoured by the sword,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(A)
Isaiah 1:2
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The Wickedness of Judah
2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth,
for the Lord has spoken:
I reared children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against me.(A)
Psalm 144:6-7
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6 Make the lightning flash and scatter them;
send out your arrows and rout them.(A)
7 Stretch out your hand from on high;
set me free and rescue me from the mighty waters,
from the hand of foreigners,(B)
Psalm 137:7-9
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7 Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites
the day of Jerusalem’s fall,
how they said, “Tear it down! Tear it down!
Down to its foundations!”(A)
8 O daughter Babylon, you devastator![a]
Happy shall they be who pay you back
what you have done to us!(B)
9 Happy shall they be who take your little ones
and dash them against the rock!(C)
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- 137.8 Or you who are devastated
Psalm 107:11
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11 for they had rebelled against the words of God
and spurned the counsel of the Most High.(A)
Psalm 83:9-18
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9 Do to them as you did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the Wadi Kishon,(A)
10 who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(B)
12 who said, “Let us take the pastures of God
for our own possession.”(C)
13 O my God, make them like whirling dust,[a]
like chaff before the wind.(D)
14 As fire consumes the forest,
as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,(E)
15 so pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane.(F)
16 Fill their faces with shame,
so that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace.(G)
18 Let them know that you alone,
whose name is the Lord,
are the Most High over all the earth.(H)
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- 83.13 Or a tumbleweed
Psalm 79:12
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12 Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors
the taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord!(A)
Psalm 69:22-25
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22 Let their table be a trap for them,
a snare for their allies.(A)
23 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and make their loins tremble continually.(B)
24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.(C)
25 May their camp be a desolation;
let no one live in their tents.(D)
Psalm 68:1-2
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Psalm 68
Praise and Thanksgiving
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.
1 Let God rise up; let his enemies be scattered;
let those who hate him flee before him.(A)
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
as wax melts before the fire,
let the wicked perish before God.(B)
Psalm 66:7
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7 who rules by his might forever,
whose eyes keep watch on the nations—
let the rebellious not exalt themselves. Selah(A)
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