These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Psalm 140
Tanakh 13 verses
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For the Leader. A Psalm of . Deliver me, O , from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man;
Cross references (8)
- 2 Who devise evil things in their ; Every day do they stir up wars.
- 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Vipers’ venom is under their lips. Selah
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Keep me, O , from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man; Who have purposed to make my steps slip.
Cross references (7)
- 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. Selah
- 6 I have said unto : ‘Thou art my Elohim’; Give ear, O , unto the voice of my supplications.
- 7 O , the strength of my , Who hast screened my head in the day of battle,
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Grant not, O , the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. Selah
Cross references (6)
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As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Cross references (10)
- 10 Let burning coals fall upon them; Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
- 11 A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; The violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.
- 12 I that will maintain the cause of the poor, And the right of the needy.
- 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto Thy ; The upright shall dwell in Thy presence.