Proverbs 24:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 9:11 : 11 ¶ [And] as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
  • 1 Sam 23:20-23 : 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part [shall be] to deliver him into the king's hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who hath seen him there: for it is told me [that] he dealeth very subtilly. 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
  • Prov 22:28 : 28 ¶ Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
  • Isa 32:18 : 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
  • Acts 23:16 : 16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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    12 ¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • Prov 24:16-20
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    16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

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  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6 ¶ The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

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  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29 ¶ The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

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    29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21 ¶ There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

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    7 ¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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    11 ¶ The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

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    23 ¶ The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

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    25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

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  • Hab 2:9
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    9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

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    15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

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    12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

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    21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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    73%

    18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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    73%

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    73%

    5 ¶ [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8 ¶ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

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    73%

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  • Prov 10:24
    73%

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  • Prov 12:26
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    73%

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    73%

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    73%

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  • Job 11:14
    73%

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    18 ¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.