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Psalms 139:21

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Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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  1. Psalms 119:158Rank 1 from verse 21
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    158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

  2. Psalms 31:6Rank 2 from verse 21
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    6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

  3. Revelation 2:2Rank 3 from verse 21
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    2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

  4. 2 Chronicles 19:2Rank 4 from verse 21
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    2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

  5. Psalms 26:5Rank 5 from verse 21
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    5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

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Psalms 139:21

COMBINED MEANING

hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

grieved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of grieve, meaning to feel pain of mind or heart; to be in pain on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rise

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To get up, stand, ascend, increase, begin, appear, come forth, awaken, proceed to act or oppose, attain authority, or return from the dead.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

21Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

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22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

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