Verse 15

Behold, the wicked conceives evil, is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:8 : 8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life. 8 May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The arrogant have dug pits for me, contrary to Your law.
  • Ps 141:10 : 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
  • Prov 26:27 : 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the one who rolls a stone—it will come back upon them.
  • Eccl 10:8-9 : 8 Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake. 9 One who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and one who splits wood may be endangered by it.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak on their behalf, to turn Your wrath away from them.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be caught by his own iniquities, and he will be held fast by the cords of his sin.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
  • Ps 140:9-9 : 9 Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah. 10 May the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth.
  • Ps 94:13 : 13 You grant relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
  • Job 6:27 : 27 You would even cast lots over the fatherless and barter away your friend.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 So that I may recount all your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion; I will rejoice in your salvation. 16 The nations have sunk into the pit they made; their feet are caught in the net they hid.
  • Ps 10:2 : 2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.