Psalms 37:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 35:16 : 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
  • Dan 8:12 : 12 And an army was given to him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice 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 my life.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by stealth, 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 wondrously, and shall prosper, and thrive, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Today you shall be my son-in-law in one of the two.
  • 1 Sam 23:7-9 : 7 And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has 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 planned mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
  • 2 Sam 15:10-12 : 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron. 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, who were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not anything. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, 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 it scornful to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had shown him the people of Mordecai. Therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

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  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Ps 37:13-14
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    13 The Lord shall laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

    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.

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

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9 He tears me in his wrath, who hates me; he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me.

    10 They gape upon me with their mouth; they strike me on the cheek reproachfully; they gather themselves together against me.

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

  • Ps 37:10-11
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    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.

    11 But 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 desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

    13 The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2 For 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 considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 29:10
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    10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright; but the just seek his life.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21 No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • Prov 30:14
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    14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose jaws are like knives, to devour the poor from 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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    2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.

    3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

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

  • Ps 41:7
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    7 All who hate me whisper together against me; they devise my harm against me.

  • Job 29:17
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    17 And I broke the fangs of the wicked, and plucked the victim from his teeth.

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

    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.

  • Prov 12:5-6
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    5 The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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

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

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

  • Ps 37:1
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    1 Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity.

  • Ps 35:19-20
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    19 Let not my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

    20 For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6 Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers 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
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    2 For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31 The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

  • Prov 24:19
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    19 Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • Ps 3:7
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    7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for you have smitten all my enemies on the cheekbone; you have broken the teeth of the ungodly.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

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

  • Job 27:7
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    7 Let my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.

  • Ps 58:6
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    6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

  • Ps 2:5
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    5 Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, and distress them in his deep displeasure.

  • Job 20:12
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    12 Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Ps 37:7
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    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.