Psalm 35:19

New International Reader's Version

Don’t let those who are my enemies without any reason laugh at me and make fun of me. Don’t let those who hate me without any reason wink at me with an evil purpose.

Cross References

Job 15:12

Why have you let your wild ideas carry you away? Why do your eyes flash with anger?

Psalm 109:3

They gather all around me with their words of hatred. They attack me without any reason.

Psalm 119:161

Rulers attack me for no reason. But I tremble because of your word.

Psalm 13:4

Then my enemies will say, “We have beaten him.” They will be filled with joy when I die.

Psalm 25:2

I trust in you. Don’t let me be put to shame. Don’t let my enemies win the battle over me.

Psalm 35:15

But when I tripped and fell, they were all very happy. Attackers gathered against me when I didn’t even know it. They kept on telling lies about me.

Psalm 38:16

I said, “Don’t let my enemies have the joy of seeing me fall. Don’t let them brag when my feet slip.”

Psalm 38:17

I am about to fall. My pain never leaves me.

Psalm 38:19

Though I have done nothing to cause it, many people have become my enemies. They hate me without any reason.

Psalm 38:20

They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them. They bring charges against me, though I try only to do what is good.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me without any reason are more than the hairs on my head. Many people who don’t have any reason to be my enemies are trying to destroy me. They force me to give back what I didn’t steal.

Psalm 69:5

God, you know how foolish I’ve been. My guilt is not hidden from you.

Proverbs 10:10

An evil wink gets you into trouble. And foolish chattering destroys you.

Proverbs 6:13

He winks with his eyes. He makes signals with his feet. He motions with his fingers.

Lamentations 3:52

Those who were my enemies for no reason at all hunted me down as if I were a bird.

John 15:25

This has happened so that what is written in their Law would come true. It says, ‘They hated me without any reason.’ (Psalms 35:19; 69:4)