Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Enemy » The wickedness of david's
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.
My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.
My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. read more.
They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say, many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
Fasting » Instances of » Of david » In prayer for himself and his adversaries
My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
Ingratitude » Of man to man » David's companions to david
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about. They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom. read more.
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother. But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease. Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother. But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease. Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Ingratitude » Should be met with » Prayer
In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.