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Psalms 119:78
Psalms 119:78 is verse 78 of Psalms chapter 119, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
King James Version
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
World English Bible
Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
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Psalms 119:76–80 · Berean Standard Bible
76 May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
78 May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
79 May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 119:21You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Psalms 119:51The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
Psalms 119:85The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
Psalms 119:86All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
Psalms 7:5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
Psalms 25:3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Psalms 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
1 Samuel 24:12May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
1 Samuel 26:18And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
1 Peter 2:20How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
Psalms 119:23Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.