Psalms 38:12

American Standard Version (1901)

They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

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  • Ps 35:20 : 20 For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
  • 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
  • Ps 141:9 : 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
  • Ps 64:2-5 : 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity; 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words, 4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
  • 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow: 8 Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art [taken] in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-3 : 1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 2 and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only; 3 and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
  • Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.
  • Ps 10:9 : 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.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. {{Selah
  • Ps 62:3-4 : 3 How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? 4 They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {{Selah
  • Ps 119:110 : 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
  • Luke 20:19-22 : 19 And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them. 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person [of any], but of a truth teachest the way of God: 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

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    5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

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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.

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    10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

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    13For 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.

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    19But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

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    4Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

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    2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

  • Ps 109:2-3
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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.

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  • Ps 102:8
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    8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

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    62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

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    15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

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    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.

  • Jer 20:10
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    10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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    11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

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    5Mine enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?

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    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

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    2Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

  • Ps 64:5
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    5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

  • Ps 55:3
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    3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

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

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    19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

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    14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

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    3How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

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    12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

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    6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {{Selah

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    21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.

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

  • 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.

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    16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

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

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    9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

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    11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.

    12They reward me evil for good, [To] the bereaving of my soul.

  • Ps 35:7
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    7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.

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

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    13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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    52They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

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    19But 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.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

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    13Let them be put to shame [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.