Proverbs 24:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

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  • 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 to them, Is the seer here?
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and attack the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five persons that wore a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, 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 your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be you of the LORD; for you have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly. 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are secretly set against the poor. 9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net. 10 He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For, look, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
  • Prov 22:28 : 28 Do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers have set.
  • Isa 32:18 : 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by stealth, and kill him.
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 But their plot became known to 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 ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 requesting a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:32
    79%

    32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Prov 21:12
    79%

    12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 24:16-20
    5 verses
    79%

    16 For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

    17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.

    18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19 Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

    20 For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 12:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

    7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • Ps 125:3
    77%

    3 For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous extend their hands to wrongdoing.

  • Prov 10:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

    30 The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • Prov 3:29
    76%

    29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

  • Prov 12:21
    76%

    21 No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • Ps 140:11
    75%

    11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Ps 37:10
    75%

    10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

  • Prov 21:7
    75%

    7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 14:11
    75%

    11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Prov 4:16
    75%

    16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

  • Prov 11:23
    75%

    23 The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Prov 3:25
    75%

    25 Do not be afraid of sudden terror, nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes.

  • Prov 24:1
    75%

    1 Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

  • Hab 2:9
    75%

    9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • Prov 4:14
    74%

    14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.

  • Ps 10:15
    74%

    15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until You find none.

  • Ps 37:12
    74%

    12 The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

  • Ps 94:13
    74%

    13 That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dug for the wicked.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6 Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ps 34:21
    74%

    21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Prov 21:10
    74%

    10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    73%

    13 As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness comes from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon you.

  • Ps 37:7
    73%

    7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19 The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 22:23
    73%

    23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

  • Job 22:18
    73%

    18 Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Prov 15:6
    73%

    6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 12:3
    73%

    3 A man will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 11:8
    73%

    8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

  • Exod 23:7
    73%

    7 Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

  • Prov 12:12
    73%

    12 The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

  • Prov 10:24
    73%

    24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him, but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  • Prov 12:26
    73%

    26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3 Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 10:3
    73%

    3 The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

  • Job 18:21
    73%

    21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him who does not know God.

  • Job 11:14
    73%

    14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents.

  • Ps 37:14
    73%

    14 The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

  • Prov 11:18
    73%

    18 The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.