Thematic Bible
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Being Forsaken by friends » Instances of » David
Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me. I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
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For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hid myself from him. But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend. We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God's house with company.
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I do not 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; and 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 did not know it. They tore at me, and did not 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 did not know it. They tore at me, and did not cease. Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant. His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.