Psalms 10:2

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The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

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  • Ps 7:16 : 16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken. 16 The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
  • Ps 31:18 : 18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.
  • Ps 59:12 : 12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.
  • Ps 119:122 : 122 Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
  • Isa 10:12-13 : 12 For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes. 13 For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;
  • Isa 14:13 : 13 For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north.
  • Isa 14:16 : 16 Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms?
  • Jer 43:2 : 2 Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place there:
  • Exod 9:17 : 17 Are you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?
  • Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I am certain that the Lord is greater than all gods, for he has overcome them in their pride.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 10:3-5
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    3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

    4 The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

    5 His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

  • Ps 10:8-10
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    8 He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

    9 He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.

    10 The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)

  • Isa 32:7
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    7 The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Ps 17:10-11
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    10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

    11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

  • Ps 109:16
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    16 Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Job 24:4
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    4 The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Ps 10:13
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    13 Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

  • Ps 11:2
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    2 See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

  • Job 40:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.

    12 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • Ps 21:11
    73%

    11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

  • Ps 82:4
    73%

    4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

  • Ps 10:1
    73%

    1 Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

  • Prov 28:11
    73%

    11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Job 10:3
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    3 What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

  • Mal 3:15
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    15 And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

  • Ps 5:10
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    10 Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Mic 2:1-2
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    73%

    1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

    2 They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.

  • Ps 73:8
    73%

    8 Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

  • Ps 36:11
    73%

    11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

  • Prov 28:15
    73%

    15 Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

  • Ps 59:12
    73%

    12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

  • Job 20:19
    72%

    19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

  • Prov 10:15
    72%

    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Ps 94:4
    72%

    4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

  • Ps 10:15
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    15 Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

  • Lam 3:61
    72%

    61 Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me;

  • Prov 21:7
    72%

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Ps 119:85
    72%

    85 The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.

  • Job 18:10
    72%

    10 The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

  • Ps 119:78
    72%

    78 Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.

  • Ps 140:8
    72%

    8 O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)

  • Ps 73:6
    72%

    6 For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

  • Ps 140:2
    72%

    2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.