Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Enemy » The wickedness of david's
For the zeal of thy house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, into the midst of which they are fallen themselves. Selah.
My soul is among lions, and I lie even among those that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword.
They only consult to cast him down from his greatness; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their inward parts. Selah.
Every day my life is filled with sorrow; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Those that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; those that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty; then I restored that which I did not take away.
For my enemies speak against me, and those that lay in wait for my soul take counsel together,
My enemies reproach me all the day, and those that are mad against me are sworn against me.
for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken of me with a lying tongue. They compassed me about with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause. They have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer. read more.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
Fasting » Instances of » Of david » In prayer for himself and his adversaries
My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails for lack of fatness.
They have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer.
Ingratitude » Of man to man » David's companions to david
Even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
rendering evil for good they are against me because I follow that which is good.
False witnesses rose up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. They rewarded me evil for good until my soul was alone. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer rose up in my bosom. read more.
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother. But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; yea, the smiters gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me apart and did not cease: With immature hypocritical mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother. But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; yea, the smiters gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me apart and did not cease: With immature hypocritical mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
They have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Ingratitude » Should be met with » Prayer
They have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer.