Psalm 31:20

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Summary

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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The strife

Bible References

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The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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

Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them.

But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

The strife

Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.

For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that I be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest there might be strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,

he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions,

Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!