Jeremiah 5:26

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For among my people are found wicked persons, that priuily lay snares and wayte for men, to take them and destroy them.

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  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause:
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let the noyse be hearde out of their houses when thou bryngest the murtherer sodaynly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and layde snares for my feete.
  • Ezek 22:2-9 : 2 Thou sonne of man, wylt thou not iudge, wylt thou not iudge this blooddy citie? wylt thou not shewe her all her abhominations? 3 And tell them, thus saith the Lorde God, The citie sheddeth blood in the middest of it, that her tyme may come, and maketh idols agaynst her selfe, to defile her selfe. 4 Thou hast made thy selfe giltie in the blood that thou hast shed, and defyled thee in the idols which thou hast made: thou hast caused thy dayes to drawe nye, and made the tyme of thy yeres to come: therfore wyll I make thee a reproche among the heathen, and to be a mockyng in all landes. 5 Whether they be nye or farre from thee, they shall laugh thee to scorne, thou that hast gotten thee so foule a name, and art full of trouble. 6 Beholde the rulers of Israel, euery one in thee was redy to his power to shed blood. 7 In thee haue they dispised father and mother, in thee haue they oppressed the straunger, in thee haue they vexed the widowe and the fatherlesse. 8 Thou hast dispised my holy thynges, and defiled my Sabbathes. 9 Tale tellers are there in thee to shed blood, in thee are such as eate vpon the hylles, and in thee they commit abhomination. 10 In thee they discouered their fathers shame, in thee they haue humbled her that was set apart for pollution. 11 Euery man hath dealt shamefully with his neighbours wife, and abhominably defiled his daughter in lawe, in thee hath euery man forced his owne sister, euen his fathers daughter. 12 Yea giftes haue ben receaued in thee to shed blood, thou hast taken vsurie and encrease, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, saith the Lorde God.
  • Hab 1:14-15 : 14 And makest men as the fishe of the sea, and as the creeping thinges that haue no ruler ouer them. 15 They take vp all with the angle, they catche it in their net, and gather it in their yarne: wherof they reioyce and are glad.
  • Luke 5:10 : 10 And so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedee, whiche were parteners with Simon. And Iesus sayde vnto Simon: Feare not, from hencefoorth thou shalt catch men.
  • Prov 1:17-18 : 17 But as in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes: 18 So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues.
  • Isa 58:1 : 1 Crye nowe as loude as thou canst, leaue not of, lift vp thy voyce like a trumpet, & shew my people their offences, and the house of Iacob their sinnes.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 Neuerthelesse, this shall come vpon them, because my people is become foolishe, and hath not knowen me: they are the children of foolishnesse, and without any discretion: To do euyll, they haue wit inough: but to do well, they haue no wisdome.
  • 1 Sam 19:10-11 : 10 And Saul entended to smyte Dauid to the wall with the iauelyn: But he ryd him selfe out of Sauls presence, as he smote the speare into the walle: And Dauid fled & was saued the same night. 11 Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: And Michol Dauids wyfe tolde it him, saying: If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou shalt be slayne.
  • Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne: he lyeth in wayte lurkyng, that he may violently carry away the afflicted, he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted, in halyng hym into his net. 10 He croucheth and humbleth him selfe: so that a number of the that be weake, fall by his myght.
  • Ps 64:5 : 5 They courage them selues in mischiefe: and comune among them selues how they may lay snares, and say, who shall see them?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 5:27
    81%

    27 And like as a nette is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falshood and deceipt: Hereof commeth their great substaunce and riches,

  • Prov 1:16-18
    3 verses
    79%

    16 For their feete runne to euyll, and are hasty to shed blood.

    17 But as in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes:

    18 So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues.

  • Ps 10:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8 He sitteth lurkyng in theeuishe corners of the streates: and priuily in lurking dennes he doth murther the innocent, he eyeth diligently hym that is weake.

    9 He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne: he lyeth in wayte lurkyng, that he may violently carry away the afflicted, he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted, in halyng hym into his net.

  • Job 18:10
    76%

    10 The snare is layde for him in the grounde, and a pitfall in the way.

  • Mic 7:2-3
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    76%

    2 There is not a godly vpon earth, there is not one righteous among men: they al lye in wayte for blood, and euery man hunteth his brother to death.

    3 Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge iudgeth for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp.

  • Ps 56:6
    75%

    6 They flocke together, they kepe them selues close: they marke my steppes, that they may lye in wayte for my soule.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5 The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spread a net abroade with coardes in the high wayes: they haue set trappes for me. Selah.

  • Ps 64:5
    75%

    5 They courage them selues in mischiefe: and comune among them selues how they may lay snares, and say, who shall see them?

  • Ps 141:9
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    9 Kepe me from the snare which they haue layde foorth for me: and from the trappes of them that be workers of iniquitie.

  • Ps 38:12
    75%

    12 They also that sought after my lyfe layde snares for me: and they that went about to do me euyll, talked of wickednesse, and imagined deceipt all the day long.

  • Ps 59:3
    74%

    3 For lo, they lye in wayte for my soule: men of power are gathered together against me who haue committed no wickednes nor fault O God.

  • Ps 55:11
    74%

    11 Malice is in the midst of it: disceipt and guyle go not out of her streates.

  • Prov 1:11
    74%

    11 If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause:

  • Prov 23:28
    74%

    28 She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men.

  • Jer 18:22
    74%

    22 Let the noyse be hearde out of their houses when thou bryngest the murtherer sodaynly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and layde snares for my feete.

  • Prov 29:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.

    6 The sinne of the wicked is his owne snare: but the ryghteous doth syng and reioyce.

  • Ps 11:2
    73%

    2 For lo, the vngodly haue bende their bowe: and nocked their arrowes with the string, redy to shoote priuily at them whiche are vpright in heart.

  • Ps 57:6
    73%

    6 They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah.

  • Ps 35:7-8
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    73%

    7 For without a cause they haue priuily layde for me a pit full of their nettes: without a cause they haue made a digyng vnto my soule.

    8 Let a sodayne destruction come vpon hym vnawares: and his net that he hath layde priuily catch hym selfe, let him fall into it with his owne destruction.

  • Ps 9:15
    73%

    15 The Heathen are sunke downe into the pit that they made: their owne foote is snared in the same net whiche they had layde priuily for other.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15 Laye no priuie wayte (O wicked man) against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • Job 18:8
    73%

    8 For his feete are taken as it were in the net, & he walketh vpon the snares.

  • Ps 37:14
    72%

    14 The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation.

  • Isa 29:21
    72%

    21 Making a man to sinne in the worde, and that toke him in a snare, whiche reproued them in the open place, and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught.

  • Hos 4:8
    72%

    8 They eate vp the sinnes of my people, and encourage them in their wickednesse.

  • Jer 9:8
    72%

    8 Their tongues are like sharpe arrowes to speake deceipt: with their mouth they speake peaceablie to their neighbour, but priuilie they lay wayte for hym.

  • Ps 37:32
    72%

    32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym.

  • Mic 6:12
    72%

    12 For the riche men thereof are full of crueltie, and the inhabitantes thereof haue spoken lyes, and haue deceitfull tongues in their mouthes.

  • Hab 2:9
    72%

    9 Wo he that coueteth an euyll couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euyll.

  • Jer 9:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 Yea, one dissembleth with another, and they deale with no trueth: They haue practised their tongues to lye, and taken great paynes to do mischiefe.

    6 Thou sittest in the middes of a deceiptfull people, which for very dissembling falshood wyll not knowe me, saith the Lorde.

  • Job 22:10
    71%

    10 Therefore art thou compassed about with snares, & sodenly vexed with feare.

  • Jer 5:25
    71%

    25 Neuerthesse, your misdeedes haue turned these from you, and your sinnes haue robbed you of good thinges.

  • Prov 11:6
    71%

    6 The righteousnesse of the iust shall delyuer them: but the wicked shalbe taken in their owne vngodlynesse.

  • Ps 5:9
    71%

    9 For no trueth is in their mouth, their inwarde partes are very wickednesse: their throte is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

  • Mic 2:1
    71%

    1 Wo vnto them that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it, because their hande hath power.

  • Prov 12:6
    71%

    6 The talkyng of the vngodly is howe they may lay wayte for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer the.

  • Ps 26:10
    71%

    10 In whose handes is wickednes: and their right hande is full of gyftes.

  • Prov 4:16
    71%

    16 For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme.

  • Hos 6:9
    71%

    9 And as theeues armed wayte for him that passeth by the way: suche is the counsell of the priestes, which with one agreed counsell murther cruelly suche as kepe the way, yea they dare do all vnspeakable mischiefe.

  • Ps 35:20
    71%

    20 For they speake not peace: but they imagine deceiptfull wordes agaynst them that liue quietly in the lande.

  • Amos 5:12
    70%

    12 For I knowe your manyfolde transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewardes, and they oppresse the poore in the gate.

  • Jer 5:6
    70%

    6 Wherfore a lion out of the wood hath hurt them, and a woolfe in the euenyng shall destroy them, the Leoparde doth lye lurkyng by their cities, to teare in peeces all them that come therout: for their offences are multiplied, and their departyng away is encreased.