Psalms 35:25

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“Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!””

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BSBPD

“Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 35:25 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
  2. 2 Samuel 20:19I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
  3. Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
  4. Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
  5. Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
  6. Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
  7. Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
  8. Psalms 70:3May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
  9. Psalms 74:8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
  10. Psalms 124:3when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
  11. Psalms 140:8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
  12. Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
  13. Matthew 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
  14. Mark 2:6But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,
  15. Mark 2:8At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.
  16. 1 Corinthians 15:54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

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