Proverbs 24:15

American Standard Version (1901)

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 9:11 : 11 As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
  • 1 Sam 23:20-23 : 20 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who hath seen him there; for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly. 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless. 9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net. 10 He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
  • 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 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
  • Prov 22:28 : 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
  • Isa 32:18 : 18 And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:
  • Acts 23:16 : 16 But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 37:32
    79%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Prov 21:12
    79%

    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Prov 24:16-20
    5 verses
    79%

    16For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

    17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

    18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

    19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

    20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 12:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

    7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Ps 125:3
    77%

    3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • Prov 10:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

    30The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

  • Prov 3:29
    76%

    29Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

  • Prov 12:21
    76%

    21There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Ps 140:11
    75%

    11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Ps 37:10
    75%

    10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

  • Prov 21:7
    75%

    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 14:11
    75%

    11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

  • Prov 4:16
    75%

    16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

  • Prov 11:23
    75%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Prov 3:25
    75%

    25Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:

  • Prov 24:1
    75%

    1Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

  • Hab 2:9
    75%

    9Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

  • Prov 4:14
    74%

    14Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

  • Ps 10:15
    74%

    15Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

  • Ps 37:12
    74%

    12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Ps 94:13
    74%

    13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Ps 34:21
    74%

    21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Prov 21:10
    74%

    10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    73%

    13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Ps 37:7
    73%

    7Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 22:23
    73%

    23For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

  • Job 22:18
    73%

    18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Prov 15:6
    73%

    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 12:3
    73%

    3A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 11:8
    73%

    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • Exod 23:7
    73%

    7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Prov 12:12
    73%

    12The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit] .

  • Prov 10:24
    73%

    24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  • Prov 12:26
    73%

    26The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 10:3
    73%

    3Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

  • Job 18:21
    73%

    21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  • Job 11:14
    73%

    14If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

  • Ps 37:14
    73%

    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

  • Prov 11:18
    73%

    18The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.