Psalms 37:32

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The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

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  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless. 9 He 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. 10 He crouches, he bows down, and the helpless fall by his strong claws.
  • Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'
  • Luke 6:7 : 7 The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find an accusation against Him.
  • Luke 11:54 : 54 lying in wait to catch Him in something He might say, to accuse Him.
  • Luke 14:1 : 1 One Sabbath, as Jesus went to eat at the house of a prominent Pharisee, they were carefully watching him.
  • Luke 19:47-48 : 47 Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were seeking to destroy him. 48 But they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were clinging to him, listening to what he said.
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 They watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere, so that they might trap him in something he said and hand him over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 But Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

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    12 The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • Ps 37:33-34
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    33 The LORD will not leave him in the hands of the wicked or condemn him when he is judged.

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    31 The law of his God is in his heart; his steps will not falter.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21 He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

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    21 They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

  • Prov 29:10
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    10 Bloodthirsty men hate the blameless, but the upright seek to preserve their life.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2 See how the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

  • Ps 10:8-9
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    8 He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

    9 He 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.

  • Prov 12:5-7
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    5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

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  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The wicked are brought down by their own evil, but the righteous take refuge when they die.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

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    12 The wicked desire the plunder of evildoers, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

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    5 The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked—those who love violence—he hates with a passion.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

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

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    1 The wicked flee when no one pursues them, but the righteous are as confident as a young lion.

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    1 To the choirmaster, a servant of the Lord, a psalm of David.

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

  • Ps 112:10
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    10 The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and melt away. The desires of the wicked will perish.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4 They sharpen their tongues like serpents; the venom of vipers is under their lips. Selah.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

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    6 Appoint a wicked person over him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10 In a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

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    7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my adversary like the unrighteous!

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    16 When the wicked increase, transgression abounds, but the righteous will see their downfall.

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    21 The wicked person borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and gives.

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    2 The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets.

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  • Exod 23:7
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    7 Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.