Psalms 56:5
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Euery day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against mee for euill.
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- Matthew 22:15Rank 1 from verse 5
- Luke 11:54Rank 2 from verse 5
- Psalms 41:7Rank 3 from verse 5
- Isaiah 29:20–21Rank 4 from verse 5
20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquitie are cut off:
21That make a man an offendour for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproueth in the gate, and turne aside the iust for a thing of nought.
- 2 Peter 3:16Rank 5 from verse 5
16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
16As also in all his Epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to be vnderstood, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable wrest, as they doe also the other Scriptures, vnto their owne destruction.
- 1 Samuel 18:21Rank 6 from verse 5
21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
21And Saul said, I will giue him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in law, in the one of the twaine.
- 1 Samuel 18:17Rank 7 from verse 5
17¶ And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
17¶ And Saul said to Dauid, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I giue thee to wife: onely be thou †valiant for me, and fight the LORDs battels: for Saul said, Let not mine hand be vpon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be vpon him.
- Luke 22:3–6Rank 9 from verse 5
3¶ Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
4And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
5And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
6And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
3¶ *Then entred Satan into Iudas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelue.
4And he went his way, and communed with the chiefe Priests and captaines, how he might betray him vnto them.
5And they were glad, and couenanted to giue him money.
6And he promised, and sought opportunitie to betray him vnto them ‖in the absence of the multitude.
- 1 Samuel 18:29Rank 10 from verse 5
- Jeremiah 18:18Rank 11 from verse 5
18¶ Then said they, 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 smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
18¶ *‖Then said they, Come, and let vs deuise deuices against Ieremiah: for the Law shall not perish from the Priest, nor counsell from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: Come and let vs smite him with the tongue, and let vs not giue heede to any of his wordes.
- Matthew 26:61Rank 12 from verse 5
- 1 Samuel 20:33Rank 13 from verse 5
- 1 Samuel 20:7Rank 14 from verse 5
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Psalms 56:5
Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To twist, turn aside, distort, pervert, or force from the proper meaning or course.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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Things thought or purposed in the mind or heart; ideas, reasonings, intentions, or purposes.
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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
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
4In God I will praise his worde, In God I haue put my trust, I will not feare what flesh can doe vnto me.
5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
5Euery day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against mee for euill.
Selected passage6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
6They gather themselues together; they hide themselues, they marke my steps when they wait for my soule.