Psalms 10:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For 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.
  • Ps 17:12 : 12 Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The 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.
  • Nah 2:11-12 : 11 Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces. 12 Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?
  • Hab 1:15 : 15 He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy.
  • 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.
  • Zech 11:3 : 3 The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.
  • John 10:12 : 12 He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:
  • Acts 23:21 : 21 But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.
  • Ps 37:14 : 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.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong. 16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.
  • 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 14:31 : 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.
  • Prov 22:16 : 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.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.
  • Isa 3:15 : 15 By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
  • Isa 32:7 : 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.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
  • Lam 3:10 : 10 He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
  • Ezek 19:3-6 : 3 And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat. 4 And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.
  • Amos 2:6-7 : 6 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given the upright man for silver, and the poor for the price of two shoes; 7 Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:
  • Amos 3:4 : 4 Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine. 12 For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

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

    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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Lam 3:10-11
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    10 He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

    11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

  • Prov 1:17-18
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    17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

    18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

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

  • Jer 5:26-27
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    26 For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

    27 As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

  • Ps 35:7-8
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    7 For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

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

  • Prov 28:15
    75%

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

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

  • Nah 2:12
    74%

    12 Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?

  • Ps 9:15
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    15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

  • 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.

  • Jer 25:38
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    38 The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.

  • 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 5:29
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    29 The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

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

  • Ezek 19:8
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    8 Then the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made.

  • Prov 1:11-12
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    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;

  • Job 22:10
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    10 For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

  • Ps 22:13
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    13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

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

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

  • Ps 141:9-10
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    9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.

    10 Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    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 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.

  • Ps 7:2
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    2 So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

  • Ps 37:12
    72%

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

  • Jer 18:22
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    22 Let 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.

  • Hos 13:7
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    7 So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;

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

  • 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.

  • Ezek 19:6
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    6 And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3 For 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.

  • Ps 109:11
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    11 Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.

  • Num 23:24
    71%

    24 See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;