Psalms 56:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

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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 71:10 : 10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,
  • Ps 140:2 : 2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.
  • Isa 54:15 : 15 See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.
  • Dan 6:4 : 4 Then this Daniel did his work better than the chief rulers and the captains, because there was a special spirit in him; and it was the king's purpose to put him over all the kingdom.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
  • Matt 26:57 : 57 And those who had made Jesus prisoner took him away to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and those in authority over the people had come together.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.
  • Acts 4:5-6 : 5 And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem; 6 And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.
  • Acts 23:12-14 : 12 And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death. 13 And more than forty of them took this oath. 14 And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death
  • Ps 89:51 : 51 The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
  • Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil; 3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words; 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, 6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
  • Job 14:16 : 16 For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.
  • Job 31:4 : 4 Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?
  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? 2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying, 3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 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 37:32 : 32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

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    5 Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

  • Ps 59:3-4
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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.

    4 For no sin of mine they go quickly and get themselves ready; be awake and come to my help, and see.

  • Ps 57:6
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    6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

  • Ps 71:10
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    10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • Ps 38:12
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    12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

  • Ps 56:7
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    7 By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

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

  • 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,

  • Job 16:10
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    10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

  • Ps 17:11
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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;

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

  • Job 30:12-13
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    12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:

    13 They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

  • Ps 142:3
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    3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

  • 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.

  • Ps 41:7
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    7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

  • Ps 35:4
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    4 Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

  • Ps 54:3
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    3 For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

  • Ps 70:2
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    2 Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

  • Ps 40:14
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    14 Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

  • Jer 5:26
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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.

  • 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.)

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

  • Ps 38:16
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    16 I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15 But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

  • Ps 83:3
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    3 They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.

  • Ps 55:3
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    3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

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

  • Ps 63:9
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    9 But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 31:13
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    13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

  • Ps 140:2
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    2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

  • Ps 141:9
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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.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

  • Ps 56:2
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    2 My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.

  • Ps 21:11
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    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 64:2
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    2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

  • Job 19:12
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    12 His armies come on together, they make their road high against me, and put up their tents round mine.

  • Jer 20:10
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    10 For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

  • Prov 1:11
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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;

  • 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 86:14
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    14 O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the army of violent men would take my life; they have not put you before them.

  • Ps 22:16
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    16 Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

  • Job 14:16
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    16 For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19 See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

  • Lam 4:18
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    18 They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are numbered; for our end has come.

  • Job 33:11
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    11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.

  • Ps 102:8
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    8 My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.

  • Job 13:27
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    27 And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;