Psalms 119:78

American Standard Version (1901)

Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.

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  • 1 Sam 24:10-12 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah's anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my life to take it. 12 Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.
  • 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
  • Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
  • Ps 7:3-5 : 3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;) 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. {{Selah
  • Ps 25:3 : 3 Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
  • Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
  • Ps 109:3 : 3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
  • Ps 119:21 : 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:23 : 23 Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
  • Ps 119:51 : 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.
  • Ps 119:85-86 : 85 The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law. 86 All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; Help thou me.
  • Jer 50:32 : 32 And the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.
  • John 15:25 : 25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted [for it], ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

  • Ps 119:79-80
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    79%

    79Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.

    80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.

  • 51The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.

  • 161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

  • 26Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

  • Ps 119:21-23
    3 verses
    77%

    21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.

    22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.

    23Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.

  • 85The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

  • Ps 119:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

    7I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.

  • 14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

  • Ps 119:15-16
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    76%

    15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

    16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

  • 3Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.

  • 46I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.

  • 2Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

  • 39Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.

  • 17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

  • 31I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

  • Ps 31:17-18
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    74%

    17Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; For I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

    18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

  • 5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah

  • 141I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.

  • 110The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.

  • 116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

  • 158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.

  • 18Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

  • 122Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

  • 95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies.

  • 29Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

  • 42So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.

  • 13Let them be put to shame [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

  • 4Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

  • 19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  • 11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

  • 11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

  • 7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

  • 77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.

  • 2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

  • 118Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.

  • 113SAMEKH. I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.

  • 67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.

  • 24Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

  • 71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.

  • 11Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

  • 24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.

  • 128Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.

  • 27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.