Psalms 10:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • 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 17:12 : 12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
  • Nah 2:11-12 : 11 Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? 12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.
  • Hab 1:15 : 15 He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.
  • Hab 3:14 : 14 Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
  • Zech 11:3 : 3 A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.
  • John 10:12 : 12 He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth [them] :
  • Acts 23:21 : 21 Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
  • Ps 37:14 : 14 The 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.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.
  • 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 14:31 : 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 [ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
  • Isa 3:15 : 15 what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
  • Isa 32:7 : 7 And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
  • Lam 3:10 : 10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
  • Ezek 19:3-6 : 3 And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.
  • Amos 2:6-7 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes-- 7 they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the [same] maiden, to profane my holy name:
  • Amos 3:4 : 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof. 12 For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right] .

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  • Ps 10:7-8
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    89%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

    8He 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.

  • Ps 10:10
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    10He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

  • Ps 17:11-12
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    83%

    11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.

    12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Job 18:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

    9A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.

    10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

  • Lam 3:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

    11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

  • Prov 1:17-18
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    78%

    17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

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

  • Ps 10:2
    77%

    2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

  • Jer 5:26-27
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    77%

    26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

    27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

  • Job 38:39-40
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    77%

    39Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

    40When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

  • Ps 35:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.

    8Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

  • Prov 28:15
    75%

    15[ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

  • Ps 37:32
    74%

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

  • Nah 2:12
    74%

    12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

  • Ps 9:15
    73%

    15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • 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.

  • Jer 25:38
    73%

    38He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.

  • Ps 140:5
    73%

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah

  • Isa 5:29
    73%

    29their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

  • Job 24:14
    73%

    14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

  • Ezek 19:8
    73%

    8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

  • Prov 1:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

    12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

  • Job 22:10
    72%

    10Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,

  • Ps 22:13
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    13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • Ps 64:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

    5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

    10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • Ps 11:2
    72%

    2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

  • Ps 7:2
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    2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  • Ps 37:12
    72%

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

  • Jer 18:22
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    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Hos 13:7
    72%

    7Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

  • Ps 56:6
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    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

  • Isa 32:7
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    7And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

  • Ezek 19:6
    71%

    6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

  • Ps 59:3
    71%

    3For, 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 109:11
    71%

    11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.

  • Num 23:24
    71%

    24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
    71%

    8Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,