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

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

Blessed is the man who makes LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.

then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords. They have spread a net by the wayside. They have set snares for me. Selah.

Now I know that LORD is greater than all gods, yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.

The strife

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

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent. Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy.

For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want, lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, t

idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissentions, factions,

he is puffed up, understanding nothing, but doting about disputes and word controversies, from which develop envy, strife, revilings, evil surmisings,

So also the tongue is a little body-part, and boasts greatly. Behold a little fire, how much wood it kindles.