Read the Bible
KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

Psalms 35:11

TEXT EDITION
Pure Cambridge Edition selected
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Share
Email linkOpen a new message in your email app
Read chapter
More
Report an issueTell us about a text or study problem

PASSAGE SELECTION

Build from either side

1 selected · 9 available

Choose up to 10 verses in this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.

+ Add Psalms 35:10
+ Add Psalms 35:12

SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE

Cross References

5 Essential passages are open for comparison.

Reference depth

From verse 11

  1. Psalms 27:12Rank 1 from verse 11
    Open

    12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

  2. Matthew 26:59–60Rank 2 from verse 11
    Open

    59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

    60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

  3. 1 Samuel 24:9Rank 3 from verse 11
    Open

    9¶ And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

  4. Acts 6:13Rank 4 from verse 11
    Open

    13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

  5. 1 Samuel 25:10Rank 5 from verse 11
    Open

    10¶ And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

Open a word for its full definition and concordance.

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 35:11

COMBINED MEANING

false

↗

Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

witnesses

↗

Sense 1: Persons who testify from knowledge. Sense 2: As a verb, attests, testifies, or gives evidence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rise

↗

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

COMBINED MEANING

laid

↗

Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

charge

↗

Sense 1: To command, enjoin, or solemnly require; a command or injunction. Sense 2: A duty, trust, care, oversight, or a person or thing entrusted. Sense 3: To impute or accuse; an accusation or liability imputed. Sense 4: To impose a burden, payment, or obligation; a cost or expense. Sense 5: To entrust with or make responsible for a person, duty, or burden.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

knew

↗

Perceived, understood, recognized, or was acquainted with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

READ BEFORE AND AFTER

Surrounding Verses

Nearby Scripture remains separate from the selected passage until you add it.

10All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Selected passage

12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

LOCAL PASTOR DIRECTORY

Find a Pastor Near You

Enter a U.S. ZIP code to find nearby pastors committed to holding fast the faithful word.

Your ZIP is processed in this browser from local data. It is not sent to a ZIP lookup service or to a church. ZIP coordinates from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.