Verse 2

In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {{Higgaion. Selah
  • Ps 31:18 : 18 Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
  • Ps 59:12 : 12 [ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
  • Ps 119:122 : 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
  • Isa 10:12-13 : 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit [on thrones] :
  • Isa 14:13 : 13 And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
  • Isa 14:16 : 16 They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, [saying], Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
  • Jer 43:2 : 2 then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;
  • Exod 9:17 : 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
  • Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.