Psalm 109:7

Easy To Read Version

Let the judge decide my enemy did wrong\par and that he is guilty.\par Let everything my enemy says\par only make things worse for him.\par

Cross References

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the offerings that evil people give. But the Lord is happy to hear a good person’s prayers.

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord is not happy when evil people offer him sacrifices, especially when those evil people are trying to get something from him.

Proverbs 28:9

If a person refuses to listen to \{God’s\} teachings, then \{God\} will refuse to hear his prayers.

Isaiah 1:15

“You people will raise your arms to pray to me—but I will refuse to look at you. You people will say more and more prayers—but I will refuse to listen to you. Why? Because your hands are covered with blood.

Isaiah 66:3

Some people kill bulls \{as a sacrifice\},\par but they also beat people.\par Those people kill sheep as a sacrifice,\par but they also break the necks of dogs!\par Those people offer up grain offerings,\par but they also offer the blood of pigs! {\cf2\super [475]} \par Those people burn incense, {\cf2\super [476]} \par but they also love their worthless idols. {\cf2\super [477]} \par Those people choose their own ways.\par And they also love their terrible idols.\par

Matthew 23:13

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [333]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [334]} You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.

Romans 3:19

These things the law {\cf2\super [28]} says are for the people that are under the law. This stops all \{Jewish\} people from making excuses and brings the whole world (Jews and non-Jews) under God’s judgment.

Galatians 3:10

But people who depend on following the law \{to make them right\} are under a curse. Why? Because the Scriptures say, “A person must do all the things that are written in the law. {\cf2\super [28]} If he does not always obey, then that person is under a curse!” {\cf2\super [29]}