Psalms 10:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Hab 3:14 : 14 You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.
  • Luke 8:1 : 1 And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,
  • Luke 10:1 : 1 Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.
  • 1 Sam 22:18 : 18 Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod.
  • 1 Sam 23:23 : 23 So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.
  • Ps 17:11 : 11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;
  • Ps 94:6 : 6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
  • Prov 1:11-12 : 11 If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause; 12 Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;
  • Prov 6:12-13 : 12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words; 13 Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

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  • Ps 10:9-11
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    9He 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.

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

    11He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

  • Ps 17:11-12
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    11They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

    12Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.

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

  • Ps 10:2
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    2The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

  • Job 24:14-15
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    14He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

    15And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

  • Ps 11:2
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    2See, 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.

  • Lam 3:10
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    10He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

  • Job 18:8-10
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    8His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

    9His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

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

  • Prov 1:11
    74%

    11If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The 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.

  • Ps 64:4-5
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    4So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

    5They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

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

  • Jer 5:26
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    26For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Ps 35:8
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    8Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Ps 36:4
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    4He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

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

  • Prov 16:30
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    30He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

  • Ps 56:6
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    6They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2Who 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 109:16
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  • Jer 18:22
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    22Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

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

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    11Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.

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    10See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

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    10The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

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    21They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

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    2The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

    3Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

  • Ps 7:13-14
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    13He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

    14That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

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    14You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

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    3For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

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    2Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

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    28And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

  • Prov 6:17
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    17Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

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    7Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

  • Hab 3:14
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    14You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.

  • Jer 22:17
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    17But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.