Psalms 56:5

David's enemies twist his words and scheme evil against him constantly. It records the slander and malice he endures.

Cross-references · 14

• Matt 22:15Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
• Luke 11:54lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
• Isa 29:20–21For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off —
• Ps 41:7All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
• 2 Pet 3:16as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
• 1 Sam 18:21Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, “You shall today be my son-in-law a second time.”
• 1 Sam 18:17Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
• John 2:19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
• Luke 22:3–6Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve.
• Jer 18:18Then they said, “Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
• 1 Sam 18:29Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.
• Matt 26:61and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’”
• 1 Sam 20:7If he says, ‘It is well;’ your servant shall have peace: but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
• 1 Sam 20:33Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.

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