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🗡️ Because you're feeling betrayal
ResetYour Verse of the Moment
Psalms 55:12
"It wasn't an enemy who insulted me—I could have handled that. It wasn't someone who hated me who turned against me—I would have just avoided him."
(KJV: "For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:")
⚡ The Bottom Line
The writer is expressing that betrayal hurts most when it comes from someone close to you, not from an obvious enemy.
More Verses for Betrayal
Psalms 55:13
"But it was you, someone just like me, my close friend and companion."
Psalms 55:14
"We used to share meaningful conversations together and walk to God's house as companions."