Quotes About Betrayal

All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.

My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.

They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,