Psalms 10:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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  • Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Ps 31:18 : 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
  • Ps 59:12 : 12 [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 ¶ The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.
  • Ps 119:122 : 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
  • 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 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
  • Isa 10:12-13 : 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man]:
  • Isa 14:13 : 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
  • Isa 14:16 : 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, [and] consider thee, [saying, Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
  • Jer 43:2 : 2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
  • Exod 9:17 : 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
  • Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that the LORD [is] greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly [he was] above them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 10:3-5
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    80%

    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

    4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.

    5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

  • Ps 10:8-10
    3 verses
    79%

    8He 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.

    9He 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.

    10He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

  • Ps 37:14
    78%

    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.

  • Isa 10:2
    76%

    2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless!

  • Ps 140:5
    76%

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  • Isa 32:7
    75%

    7The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

  • Ps 112:10
    75%

    10The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Ps 17:10-11
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    75%

    10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

    11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

  • Ps 109:16
    74%

    16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

  • Ps 37:32
    74%

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

  • Job 24:4
    74%

    4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

  • Ps 37:12
    74%

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

  • Prov 29:7
    74%

    7¶ The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].

  • Ps 10:13
    74%

    13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

  • Ps 11:2
    74%

    2For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Job 40:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.

    12Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Ps 21:11
    73%

    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

  • Ps 82:4
    73%

    4Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 10:1
    73%

    1¶ Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?

  • Prov 28:11
    73%

    11¶ The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Job 10:3
    73%

    3[Is it] good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Mal 3:15
    73%

    15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.

  • Ps 5:10
    73%

    10Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

  • Prov 22:16
    73%

    16¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  • Mic 2:1-2
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    73%

    1¶ Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

    2And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Ps 73:8
    73%

    8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.

  • Ps 36:11
    73%

    11Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

  • Prov 28:15
    73%

    15¶ [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.

  • Ps 59:12
    73%

    12[For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.

  • Job 20:19
    72%

    19Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

  • Prov 10:15
    72%

    15¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

  • Prov 21:12
    72%

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

  • Ps 94:4
    72%

    4[How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

  • Ps 10:15
    72%

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

  • Lam 3:61
    72%

    61Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me;

  • Prov 21:7
    72%

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

  • Ps 119:85
    72%

    85¶ The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.

  • Job 18:10
    72%

    10The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Ps 119:78
    72%

    78¶ Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.

  • Ps 140:8
    72%

    8¶ Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 73:6
    72%

    6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.

  • Ps 140:2
    72%

    2Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.