Psalm 56:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

My enemies are always twisting my words. They are always making plans against me.

Cross References

Luke 11:54

They were trying to find a way to catch Jesus saying something wrong.

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees left the place where Jesus was teaching. They made plans to catch him saying something wrong.

Psalm 41:7

Those who hate me whisper about me. They think the worst about me.

2 Peter 3:16

That’s what he says in all his letters when he writes about these things. There are parts of his letters that are hard to understand, and some people give a wrong meaning to them. These people are ignorant and weak in faith. They also give wrong meanings to the other Scriptures. But they are destroying themselves by doing that.

1 Samuel 18:21

He thought, “I will use Michal to trap David. I will let Michal marry David, and then I will let the Philistines kill him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You can marry my daughter today.”

John 2:19

Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple and I will build it again in three days.”

1 Samuel 18:17

One day Saul said to David, “Here is my oldest daughter, Merab. I will let you marry her. Then you will be like a son to me and you will be a real soldier. Then you will go and fight the Lord’s battles.” Saul was really thinking, “Now I won’t have to kill David. I will let the Philistines kill him for me.”

Matthew 26:61

and said, “This man said, ‘I can destroy the Temple of God and build it again in three days.’”

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the enemies of Jeremiah said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah. We will always have a priest to tell us what the law says. We will still have wise men to advise us and prophets to tell us a message from God. So who needs Jeremiah? Let’s tell lies to ruin him and stop listening to what he says.”

1 Samuel 18:29

So Saul became even more afraid of David and was against him all that time.

1 Samuel 20:33

But Saul threw his spear at Jonathan and tried to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father wanted very much to kill David.

1 Samuel 20:7

If your father says, ‘Fine,’ then I am safe. But if your father becomes angry, you will know that he wants to hurt me.

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to meet with Ahab. The famine was very bad in Samaria.

Psalm 49:6

They think their wealth will protect them. They brag about how rich they are.

Psalm 118:6

The Lord is with me, so I will not be afraid. No one on earth can do anything to harm me.