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Psalms 139:20
Psalms 139:20 is verse 20 of Psalms chapter 139, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Hebrew Your enemies take in vain or Your enemies bear up in vain; LXX Your enemies take Your cities in vain
King James Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
World English Bible
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
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Psalms 139:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
19 O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20 who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 73:8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
Psalms 73:9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
Psalms 74:18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
Psalms 74:23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
Isaiah 37:29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
Jude 1:15to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
Revelation 13:6And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
Psalms 2:3“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”
Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.