Psalms 37:12

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:16 : 16 Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.
  • Dan 8:12 : 12 And the host was given over [to it] together with the continual [burnt-offering] through transgression; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it did [its pleasure] and prospered.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
  • Matt 26:16 : 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to deliver him [unto them] .
  • Dan 8:24 : 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do [his pleasure] ; and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.
  • 1 Sam 23:7-9 : 7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 9 And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
  • 2 Sam 15:10-12 : 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron. 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they knew not anything. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 37:13-14
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    80%

    13The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.

    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.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

  • Ps 35:16
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    16Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.

  • Ps 37:10-11
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    10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

    11But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit] .

    13In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Prov 29:10
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    10The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 30:14
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    14There is a generation whose teeth are [as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying] ,

  • Ps 10:2-3
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    2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

  • Job 22:19
    74%

    19The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

  • Ps 41:7
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    7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

  • Job 29:17
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    17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

  • Ps 10:7-8
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    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.

  • Prov 12:5-6
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    73%

    5The thoughts of the righteous are just; [But] the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

  • Ps 37:1
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    1[[ A Psalm] of David]. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

  • Ps 35:19-20
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    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

    20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 10:6
    73%

    6Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 11:23
    73%

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

  • Ps 11:2
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    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;

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

  • Job 36:17
    73%

    17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee] .

  • Prov 24:19
    73%

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

  • Ps 3:7
    73%

    7Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:17
    72%

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

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

  • Ps 21:11
    72%

    11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

  • Ps 140:11
    72%

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

  • Job 27:7
    72%

    7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

  • Ps 58:6
    72%

    6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

  • Ps 2:5
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    5Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

  • Ps 37:7
    72%

    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.