Verse 95

The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

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  • 1 Sam 23:20-23 : 20 Now, O king, come down whenever you desire, and it will be our duty to surrender him into your hand. 21 Saul replied, 'May you be blessed by the LORD, for you have shown compassion on me.' 22 Please go and make further preparations. Investigate and find out where David is and who has seen him there, because I have been told he is very crafty. 23 Carefully identify all the hiding places where he could be staying and return to me with reliable information. Then I will come with you, and if he is indeed in the land, I will search for him among all the clans of Judah.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-4 : 1 Ahithophel said to Absalom, 'Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.' 2 I will attack him while he is weary and weak-handed, and I will frighten him. All the people with him will flee, and I will strike down only the king. 3 I will bring back all the people to you, as though everyone returns to the man you seek. Then all the people will be at peace. 4 This plan seemed good in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless. 9 He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the afflicted; he catches the afflicted by drawing them into his net. 10 He crouches, he bows down, and the helpless fall by his strong claws.
  • Ps 27:2 : 2 When evildoers come against me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumble and fall.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.
  • Ps 119:24 : 24 Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
  • Ps 119:31 : 31 I cling to Your testimonies; O LORD, do not let me be put to shame.
  • Ps 119:61 : 61 Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget Your law.
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 The insolent smear me with lies, but I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
  • Ps 119:85-87 : 85 The arrogant have dug pits for me, contrary to Your law. 86 All Your commandments are faithful; they persecute me falsely—help me! 87 They almost wiped me off the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
  • Ps 119:125 : 125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
  • Ps 119:129 : 129 Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore, my soul keeps them.
  • Ps 119:167 : 167 My soul keeps Your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
  • Matt 26:3-5 : 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 And they plotted together to arrest Jesus by deceit and kill Him. 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be a riot among the people."
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'
  • Acts 23:21 : 21 But do not be persuaded by them, because more than forty of them are lying in wait for him. They have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready and waiting for your consent.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 They asked him as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.