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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Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me.

O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.

O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them,

Then passed over our soul had the proud waters.

The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

now I have known that Jehovah is greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly -- He is above them!'

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, 'God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

The strife

Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah.

When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I -- I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!