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Psalms 55:12
Psalms 55:12 is verse 12 of Psalms chapter 55, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
King James Version
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
World English Bible
For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
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Psalms 55:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
12 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
14 We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
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 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
Matthew 26:21And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
Matthew 26:22They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
Matthew 26:23Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
John 18:2Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
John 18:3So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.