Psalm 41:7

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

Cross-references

Psalm 31:13 Parallel

Psalm 31:13 describes enemies slandering and conspiring together — a direct parallel to David's experience of whispered plots.

Psalm 56:5 Parallel

Psalm 56:5 says enemies twist his words and think evil — similar to the whispering and devising hurt in Psalm 41:7.

Psalm 56:6 Parallel

Psalm 56:6 depicts enemies gathering, hiding, and waiting for his life — the same conspiratorial hostility as in Psalm 41:7.

Psalm 71:11 Parallel

Psalm 71:11 quotes enemies saying God has forsaken him — a specific slander similar to the whispering against David.

Proverbs 16:28 links whispering to strife, just as the whisperers here imagine evil against the psalmist.

Matthew 22:15 shows Pharisees plotting to entangle Jesus in talk — a NT fulfillment of the pattern of enemies conspiring against God's anointed.

Matthew 26:3 records the chief priests assembling to plot against Jesus — echoing the whispered conspiracies against David.

Matthew 26:4 says they consulted to take Jesus by subtilty and kill him — directly parallel to 'devise my hurt' in Psalm 41:7.

Romans 1:29 Parallel

Romans 1:29 lists 'whisperers' as a sin — the same malicious speech David's enemies use against him.

2 Corinthians 12:20 includes 'whisperings' among sins — mirroring the secret slander in David's complaint.

Proverbs 26:20 notes that without whisperers quarreling ceases, highlighting the destructive role of whisperers here.