Psalm 109:3
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3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me (A)without a cause.
Psalm 69:4
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4 Those who (A)hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.
Psalm 35:7
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7 For without cause they have (A)hidden their net for me in a pit,
Which they have dug without cause for my life.
John 15:24-25
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24 If I had not done among them (A)the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have (B)seen and also hated both Me and My Father. 25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, (C)‘They hated Me without a cause.’
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Hosea 11:12
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God’s Charge Against Ephraim
12 “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies,
And the house of Israel with deceit;
But Judah still walks with God,
Even with the [a]Holy One who is faithful.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:12 Or holy ones
Psalm 88:17
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17 They came around me all day long like water;
They engulfed me altogether.
Psalm 59:3-4
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3 For look, they lie in wait for my life;
(A)The mighty gather against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
4 They run and prepare themselves through no fault of mine.
(B)Awake to help me, and behold!
Psalm 35:20
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20 For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful matters
Against the quiet ones in the land.
Psalm 22:12
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Psalm 17:11
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11 They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They have set their eyes, crouching down to the earth,
2 Samuel 16:7-8
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7 Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: “Come out! Come out! You [a]bloodthirsty man, (A)you [b]rogue! 8 The Lord has (B)brought upon you all (C)the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a [c]bloodthirsty man!”
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- 2 Samuel 16:7 Lit. man of bloodshed
- 2 Samuel 16:7 worthless man
- 2 Samuel 16:8 Lit. man of bloodshed
2 Samuel 15:12
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12 Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, (A)David’s counselor, from his city—from (B)Giloh—while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom (C)continually increased in number.
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1 Samuel 26:18
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18 And he said, (A)“Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?
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1 Samuel 19:4-5
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4 Thus Jonathan (A)spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king (B)sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you. 5 For he took his (C)life in his hands and (D)killed the Philistine, and (E)the Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. (F)Why then will you (G)sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”
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