Proverbs 1:12

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Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit;

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  • Ps 28:1 : 1 To you, O LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be silent to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.
  • Ps 124:3 : 3 then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, Lord, for my spirit is fading. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies. He has rinsed me out.
  • Lam 2:5 : 5 The Lord appeared like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed all her palaces, destroyed her strongholds, and filled the daughter of Judah with mourning and lamentation.
  • Lam 2:16 : 16 All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss and grind their teeth, saying, 'We have swallowed her up. Surely this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.'
  • Mic 3:2-3 : 2 You who hate good and love evil; you tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones. 3 You eat the flesh of my people, strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot, like flesh in a cauldron.
  • Rom 3:13 : 13 "Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips."
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 Do not let them say in their hearts, 'Aha, just what we wanted!' Do not let them say, 'We have swallowed him up!'
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 For the director, according to 'The Silent Dove of Distant Places.' A Miktam of David, when the Philistines captured him in Gath. 2 Be gracious to me, O God, for mankind pursues me; all day long an attacker oppresses me!
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 I will call to God Most High, to God who accomplishes His purpose for me.
  • Num 16:30-33 : 30 But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented and the ground opens its mouth to swallow them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt. 31 As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split apart. 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, along with all of Korah's men and all their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the grave, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the community.
  • Num 26:10 : 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with Korah, when that assembly died, as the fire consumed 250 men, serving as a warning sign.
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

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  • 11If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;'

  • Prov 1:13-14
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    13We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

    14Cast your lot among us; we will all have one purse.

  • 15We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

  • Ps 124:3-4
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    3then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.

    4Then the waters would have overwhelmed us; the torrent would have swept over our being.

  • 25Do not let them say in their hearts, 'Aha, just what we wanted!' Do not let them say, 'We have swallowed him up!'

  • Ps 140:9-10
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    9Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

    10May the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

  • 9My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

  • Ps 17:11-12
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    11They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

    12They are like a lion eager to tear its prey, like a young lion crouching in hiding.

  • Prov 1:18-19
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    18But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

    19Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Num 16:32-34
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    32The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, along with all of Korah's men and all their possessions.

    33They went down alive into the grave, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the community.

    34All the Israelites around them ran away at their cries, saying, 'The earth might swallow us too!'

  • 22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.

  • 20Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a wild animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams."

  • Ps 35:6-8
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    6Let their way be dark and slippery, as the angel of the Lord pursues them.

    7For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life.

    8May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.

  • 7As one plows the earth and breaks it apart, so are our bones scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

  • 2'If they dig down to the depths of Sheol, from there My hand will take them. If they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.'

  • 12Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

  • 3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • 23Their graves are set in the depths of the pit, and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, spreading terror in the land of the living.

  • 19How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

  • 30But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented and the ground opens its mouth to swallow them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.

  • 22They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

  • 14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth wide without limit. Into it will descend its splendor, its multitude, its uproar, and those who revel in it.

  • 9He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the afflicted; he catches the afflicted by drawing them into his net.

  • 12Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

  • 47Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

  • 6All day long they twist my words; all their plans are against me for evil.

  • 24Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble.

  • 6They dwell in the dry streambeds, in holes in the ground, and among the rocks.

  • 19As drought and heat consume the snow waters, so Sheol consumes those who have sinned.

  • Lam 4:19-20
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    19Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

    20The breath of our nostrils, the LORD’s anointed, was captured in their traps, of whom we said, 'Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.'

  • 14This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.

  • 15So that I may recount all your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion; I will rejoice in your salvation.

  • 17For to them, the morning is like deep darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

  • 5They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.

  • 6Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth.

  • 16Will they go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?

  • 16All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss and grind their teeth, saying, 'We have swallowed her up. Surely this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.'

  • 22Who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave.

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    5if I have repaid my friend with evil or have plundered my enemy without cause,

  • 9Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will discover those who hate You.