Proverbs 1:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Ps 7:14-16 : 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Ps 9:16 : 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 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Prov 28:17 : 17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 1:19
83%
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Prov 1:11-12
2 verses
82%
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Prov 1:16-17
2 verses
80%
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Jer 5:26-27
2 verses
79%
26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Ps 10:8-9
2 verses
78%
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.
Ps 64:4-6
3 verses
78%
4That they may shoot{H8800)} in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot{H8686)} at him, and fear{H8799)} not.
5They encourage{H8762)} themselves in an evil matter: they commune{H8762)} of laying snares privily{H8800)}; they say{H8804)}, Who shall see{H8799)} them?
6They search out{H8799)} iniquities; they accomplish{H8804)} a diligent{H8794)} search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
Ps 56:6
78%
6They gather themselves together{H8799)}, they hide {H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)} themselves, they mark{H8799)} my steps, when they wait{H8765)} for my soul.
Rom 3:15
76%
15Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Job 18:10
75%
10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Ps 38:12
75%
12They also that seek after my life lay snares{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H8802)} my hurt speak{H8765)} mischievous things, and imagine{H8799)} deceits all the day long.
Ps 37:32
75%
32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh{H8764)} to slay{H8687)} him.
Job 38:40
75%
40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Mic 7:2-3
2 verses
75%
2The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Isa 59:7
74%
7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
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.
Prov 4:16
74%
16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Ps 17:11-12
2 verses
74%
11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Ps 59:3
74%
3For, lo, they lie in wait{H8804)} for my soul: the mighty are gathered{H8799)} against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
Jer 18:22
74%
22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Prov 24:2
73%
2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Job 24:16
73%
16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Prov 24:15
73%
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Jer 9:8
73%
8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Ps 141:9
73%
9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Ps 35:7-8
2 verses
73%
7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul.
8Let destruction come upon him at unawares {H8799)}; and let his net that he hath hid{H8804)} catch{H8799)} himself: into that very destruction let him fall{H8799)}.
Prov 12:6
73%
6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Job 18:8
72%
8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Prov 23:28
72%
28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Ps 94:21
72%
21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Prov 29:10
72%
10The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Hab 2:9
72%
9Woe 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!
Ps 37:14
72%
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent{H8804)} their bow, to cast down{H8687)} the poor and needy, and to slay{H8800)} such as be of upright conversation.
Mic 2:1
72%
1Woe 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 140:2
72%
2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
Ps 140:5
72%
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.
Ps 35:20
72%
20For they speak not peace: but they devise{H8799)} deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
Job 24:14
72%
14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Ps 21:11
71%
11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Ps 69:22
71%
22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Ps 9:15
71%
15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Prov 7:23
71%
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.