Psalm 69:4

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

Cross-reference

Psalm 7:3-5 protests innocence and invites judgment if guilty, similar to the 'restore what I did not steal' claim in Psalm 69:4.

Psalm 35:12 Parallel

Psalm 35:12 echoes the same unjust suffering — enemies repaying good with evil, reinforcing the theme of being hated without cause.

Psalm 35:19 Parallel

Psalm 35:19 uses the same phrase 'enemies without cause' and 'hate me without reason', directly paralleling the unjust hatred.

Psalm 38:19 Parallel

Psalm 38:19 repeats the exact complaint of many enemies without cause, reinforcing the theme of unjust persecution.

Psalm 38:20 Parallel

Psalm 38:20 adds that enemies repay good with evil and accuse despite seeking good, deepening the injustice motif.

Psalm 40:12 Parallel

Psalm 40:12 uses the same phrase 'more than the hairs of my head' to describe overwhelming troubles, paralleling Psalm 69:4.

Psalm 109:3-5 echoes the same unjust treatment — attacked without cause, repaid evil for good — amplifying the theme of undeserved suffering.

Psalm 119:78 asks for shame on those who wrong the psalmist without cause — echoing the 'without cause' theme of Psalm 69:4.

Psalm 25:3 Parallel

Psalm 25:3 says the treacherous without cause will be shamed — the same 'without cause' motif as the psalmist's enemies here.

Psalm 59:3 Parallel

Psalm 59:3 also describes enemies conspiring against the psalmist for no offense — identical complaint of unjust persecution.

1 Peter 3:18 states Christ suffered for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, fulfilling the pattern of unjust suffering in Psalm 69:4.

John 15:25 Citation

John 15:25 directly quotes Psalm 69:4, applying the 'hatred without cause' to Jesus and his enemies.

Isaiah 53:4-7 portrays the Suffering Servant bearing our sins unjustly, fulfilling the pattern of being hated without cause seen in Psalm 69:4.

In 1 Samuel 26:18, David asks Saul why he pursues him without cause — mirroring the psalmist's complaint of enemies without reason.

In 1 Samuel 19:5, Jonathan defends David as innocent and attacked without reason — the same unjust hatred the psalmist describes.

Lamentations 3:52 also laments enemies without cause hunting the speaker — the same phrase and theme of unjust persecution.

Mark 15:14 Prophetic fulfillment

Mark 15:14 shows the crowd demanding crucifixion despite Pilate finding no crime — a direct fulfillment of being hated without cause.

Genesis 37:4 shows Joseph hated without cause by his brothers, a typological foreshadowing of the innocent sufferer in Psalm 69:4.

1 Peter 2:19 commends enduring unjust suffering, directly paralleling the theme of suffering without cause here.

Leviticus 5:16 requires restitution for actual sin; here the psalmist is forced to restore though innocent — a contrast between just law and unjust suffering.