Psalms 10:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.

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  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For loe, they haue layd waite for my soule: the mightie men are gathered against me, not for mine offence, nor for my sinne, O Lord.
  • Ps 17:12 : 12 Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man is perished out of the earth, and there is none righteous among men: they all lye in wayte for blood: euery man hunteth his brother with a net.
  • Nah 2:11-12 : 11 Where is the dwelling of the lyons, and the pasture of the lyons whelpes? where the lyon, and the lionesse walked, and the lyons whelpe, & none made them afrayde. 12 The lyon did teare in pieces ynough for his whelpes, and woryed for his lyonesse, and filled his holes with praye, and his dennes with, spoyle.
  • Hab 1:15 : 15 They take vp all with the angle: they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarne, whereof they reioyce and are glad.
  • Hab 3:14 : 14 Thou didest strike thorowe with his owne staues the heades of his villages: they came out as a whirle winde to scatter me: their reioycing was as to deuoure the poore secretly.
  • Zech 11:3 : 3 There is the voyce of the houling of the shepherdes: for their glorie is destroyed: the voyce of ye roaring of lyons whelpes: for the pride of Iorden is destroyed.
  • John 10:12 : 12 But an hireling, and hee which is not the shepheard, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe comming, and hee leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth them, and scattreth the sheepe.
  • Acts 23:21 : 21 But let them not perswade thee: for there lie in waite for him of them, more then fourtie men, which haue bound themselues with a curse, that they will neither eate nor drinke, till they haue killed him: and nowe are they readie, and waite for thy promes.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, Lorde, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him!
  • Ps 37:14 : 14 The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man, 16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For he will stand at the right hand of the poore, to saue him from them that woulde condemne his soule.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.
  • Isa 3:15 : 15 What haue ye to do, that ye beate my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord, euen tho Lord of hostes?
  • Isa 32:7 : 7 For the weapons of the churle are wicked: hee deuiseth wicked counsels, to vndoe the poore with lying words: and to speake against the poore in iudgement.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.
  • Lam 3:10 : 10 He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.
  • Ezek 19:3-6 : 3 And she brought vp one of her whelps, and it became a lyon, and it learned to catch the praye, and it deuoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him, and he was taken in their nets, and they brought him in chaines vnto the land of Egypt. 5 Nowe when she sawe, that she had waited and her hope was lost, she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a lyon. 6 Which went among the lyons, and became a lyon, and learned to catch the praye, and he deuoured men.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land haue violently oppressed by spoyling and robbing, and haue vexed the poore and the needy: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger against right.
  • Amos 2:6-7 : 6 Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Israel, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they solde the righteous for siluer and the poore for shooes. 7 They gape ouer the head of the poore, in the dust of the earth, and peruert the wayes of the meeke: and a man and his father will goe in to a mayde to dishonour mine holy Name.
  • Amos 3:4 : 4 Will a lion roare in ye forest, when he hath no pray? or wil a lions whelpe cry out of his den, if he haue taken nothing?
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shal not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shal not drinke wine of them. 12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.

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  • Ps 10:7-8
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    89%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

    8He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murther the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.

  • Ps 10:10
    87%

    10He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.

  • Ps 17:11-12
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    83%

    11They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground:

    12Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.

  • Job 18:8-10
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    81%

    8For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.

    9The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.

    10A snare is layed for him in the ground, and a trappe for him in the way.

  • Lam 3:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

    11He hath stopped my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

  • Prov 1:17-18
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    78%

    17Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:

    18So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.

  • Ps 10:2
    77%

    2The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

  • Jer 5:26-27
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    77%

    26For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.

    27As a cage is full of birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche.

  • Job 38:39-40
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    77%

    39(39:1) Wilt thou hunt the pray for the lyon? or fill the appetite of the lyons whelpes,

    40(39:2) When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?

  • Ps 35:7-8
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    76%

    7For without cause they haue hid the pit & their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.

    8Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.

  • Prov 28:15
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    15As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.

  • Ps 37:32
    74%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Nah 2:12
    74%

    12The lyon did teare in pieces ynough for his whelpes, and woryed for his lyonesse, and filled his holes with praye, and his dennes with, spoyle.

  • Ps 9:15
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    15The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.

  • Jer 25:38
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    38He hath forsaken his couert, as the lyon: for their land is waste, because of the wrath of the oppressor, & because of ye wrath of his indignatio.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.

  • Isa 5:29
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    29His roaring shalbe like a lyon, and he shall roare like lyons whelpes: they shall roare, and lay holde of the praye: they shall take it away, and none shall deliuer it.

  • Job 24:14
    73%

    14The murtherer riseth earely & killeth the poore and the needie: and in the night he is as a theefe.

  • Ezek 19:8
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    8Then the nations set against him on euery side of the countreys, and laide their nets for him: so he was taken in their pit.

  • Prov 1:11-12
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    11If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause:

    12We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:

  • Job 22:10
    72%

    10Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shal suddenly trouble thee:

  • Ps 22:13
    72%

    13They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.

  • Ps 64:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not.

    5They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?

  • Ps 141:9-10
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    72%

    9Keepe me from the snare, which they haue layde for me, and from the grennes of the workers of iniquitie.

    10Let the wicked fall into his nettes together, whiles I escape.

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    2To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.

  • Ps 7:2
    72%

    2Least he deuoure my soule like a lion, and teare it in pieces, while there is none to helpe.

  • Ps 37:12
    72%

    12The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

  • Jer 18:22
    72%

    22Let the crye bee heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring an hoste suddenly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feete.

  • Hos 13:7
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    7And I wil be vnto them as a very lyon, and as a leopard in the way of Asshur.

  • Ps 56:6
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    6They gather together, and keepe them selues close: they marke my steps, because they waite for my soule.

  • Isa 32:7
    71%

    7For the weapons of the churle are wicked: hee deuiseth wicked counsels, to vndoe the poore with lying words: and to speake against the poore in iudgement.

  • Ezek 19:6
    71%

    6Which went among the lyons, and became a lyon, and learned to catch the praye, and he deuoured men.

  • Ps 59:3
    71%

    3For loe, they haue layd waite for my soule: the mightie men are gathered against me, not for mine offence, nor for my sinne, O Lord.

  • Ps 109:11
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    11Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, and let the strangers spoile his labour.

  • Num 23:24
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    24Behold, the people shal rise vp as a lyon, & lift vp himselfe as a yong lyon: hee shall not lye downe, till he eate of the pray, and till he drinke the blood of the slayne.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8Be sober, and watch: for your aduersarie the deuil as a roaring lyon walketh about, seeking whom he may deuoure: