Psalms 37:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:16 : 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
  • Dan 8:12 : 12 And an host was given [him] against the daily [sacrifice] by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
  • Mic 2:1 : 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.
  • Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
  • Matt 26:16 : 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
  • Dan 8:24 : 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in [the one of] the twain.
  • 1 Sam 23:7-9 : 7 ¶ And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
  • 2 Sam 15:10-12 : 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, [that were] called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, [even] from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, [even] the people of Mordecai.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 37:13-14
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    80%

    13The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

    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.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

  • Ps 35:16
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    16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

  • Ps 37:10-11
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    10For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].

    11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12¶ The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

    13¶ The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • Prov 29:10
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    10¶ The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

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

  • Prov 30:14
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    14[There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6¶ The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

  • Ps 10:2-3
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    2The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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

  • Prov 24:15
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    15¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

  • Ps 41:7
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    7All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

  • Job 29:17
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    17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

  • Ps 10:7-8
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

    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.

  • Prov 12:5-6
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    5¶ The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

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

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

  • Ps 37:1
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    1¶ [A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 35:19-20
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    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

    20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6¶ Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23¶ The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

  • Ps 11:2
    73%

    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.

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

    31¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

  • Job 36:17
    73%

    17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

  • Prov 24:19
    73%

    19¶ Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;

  • Ps 3:7
    73%

    7Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

  • Ps 37:17
    72%

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19¶ The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

  • Ps 140:11
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    11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].

  • Job 27:7
    72%

    7¶ Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

  • Ps 58:6
    72%

    6¶ Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

  • Ps 2:5
    72%

    5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

  • Job 20:12
    72%

    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;

  • Ps 36:3
    72%

    3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

  • Ps 37:7
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    7¶ Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.