6 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. 7 All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me: 8 “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
Psalms 41:6–8
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Psalms 10:6–8
6 He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.” 7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. 8 He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in…
Psalms 56:4–6
4 In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 5 All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise. 6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
Psalms 109:1–3
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent. 2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. 3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
Sirach 28:12–14
12 If you blow on a spark, it will burn; and if you spit upon it, it will be quenched. Both of these come out of your mouth. (WEB) 13 Curse the whisperer and double-tongued, for he has destroyed many who were at peace. (WEB) 14 A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from n… (WEB)
Psalms 50:19–21
19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit. 20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. 21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your…
Psalms 71:9–11
9 Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. 10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire, 11 saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
Psalms 62:3–5
3 How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence? 4 They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah 5 Rest in God al…
Job 33:9–11
9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. 10 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. 11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
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