Psalms 64:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Ps 10:11 : 11 He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.
  • 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 1:11-14 : 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; 13 Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth; 14 Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:
  • Isa 41:6 : 6 They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!
  • Ezek 8:12 : 12 And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.
  • Matt 23:15 : 15 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
  • 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.
  • Rev 11:10 : 10 And those who are on the earth will have pleasure and delight over them; and they will send offerings one to another because these two prophets gave great trouble to all on the earth.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
  • Ps 94:7 : 7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
  • Ps 124:7 : 7 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.
  • Num 22:6 : 6 Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.
  • 1 Sam 23:19-23 : 19 Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land? 20 So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands. 21 And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me. 22 Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit. 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.
  • Job 22:13 : 13 And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

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  • Ps 64:2-4
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    2Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

    3Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

    4So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

  • Ps 64:6-8
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    6Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

    7But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

    8The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

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

  • 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.

  • Prov 1:11-12
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    11If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

    12Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

  • 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.

  • Isa 29:15
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    15Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

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

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • 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.

  • Ps 38:12
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    12Those 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 21:11
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    11For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

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

  • Prov 2:14
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    14Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

  • Mic 7:3
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    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.

  • Job 24:16
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    16In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

  • Ps 62:4
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    4Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

  • Mic 2:1
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    1A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

  • Job 15:35
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    35Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

  • Ps 10:8-9
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    8He 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.

    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.

  • 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.

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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.

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    5Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

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

  • Ps 73:8
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    8Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

  • Isa 59:7
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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.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

  • Ps 94:4
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    4Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

  • Ps 83:5
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    5For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:

  • Prov 6:14
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    14His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

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

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    5The 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.)

  • Hos 7:3
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    3In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.

  • Ps 69:22
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    22Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

  • 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.

  • Job 40:13
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    13His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.

  • Job 5:14
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    14In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

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

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

  • 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.