Proverbs 1:12

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We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 28:1 : 1 By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
  • Ps 124:3 : 3 they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out.”
  • Lam 2:5 : 5 ה(He) The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament.
  • Lam 2:16 : 16 פ(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said,“We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!”
  • Mic 3:2-3 : 2 yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones. 3 You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot– like meat in a kettle.
  • Rom 3:13 : 13 “Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me. 2 Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults!(Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!
  • Num 16:30-33 : 30 But if the LORD does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD. 31 When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods. 33 They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.
  • Num 26:10 : 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning.
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:11
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    11If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

  • Prov 1:13-14
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    82%

    13We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

    14Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.”

  • Ps 55:15
    80%

    15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • Ps 124:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

    4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

  • Ps 35:25
    77%

    25Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”

  • Ps 140:9-10
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    76%

    9As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

    10May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

  • Ps 63:9
    75%

    9Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

  • Ps 17:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

    12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

  • Prov 1:18-19
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    75%

    18but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

    19Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

  • Num 16:32-34
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    75%

    32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.

    33They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.

    34All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said,“What if the earth swallows us too?”

  • Jer 18:22
    74%

    22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

  • Gen 37:20
    74%

    20Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

  • Ps 35:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6May their path be dark and slippery, as the LORD’s angel chases them!

    7I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

    8Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

  • Ps 141:7
    73%

    7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

  • Amos 9:2
    73%

    2Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

  • Ps 83:12
    72%

    12who said,“Let’s take over the pastures of God!”

  • Ps 143:3
    72%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

  • Ezek 32:23
    72%

    23Their graves are located in the remote slopes of the Pit. Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.

  • Ps 73:19
    72%

    19How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

  • Num 16:30
    72%

    30But if the LORD does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.

  • Ps 69:22
    72%

    22May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!

  • Isa 5:14
    71%

    14So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.

  • Ps 10:9
    71%

    9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

  • Ps 59:12
    71%

    12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

  • Lam 3:47
    71%

    47Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

  • Ps 56:6
    71%

    6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

  • Ps 69:24
    71%

    24Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

  • Job 30:6
    71%

    6so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.

  • Job 24:19
    71%

    19The drought as well as the heat snatch up the melted snow; so the grave snatches up the sinner.

  • Lam 4:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19ק(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.

    20ר(Resh) Our very life breath– the LORD’s anointed king– was caught in their traps, of whom we thought,“Under his protection we will survive among the nations.”

  • Ps 49:14
    71%

    14They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

  • Ps 9:15
    71%

    15The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

  • Job 24:17
    71%

    17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

  • Ps 64:5
    71%

    5They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast,“Who will see them?”

  • Ps 57:6
    71%

    6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

  • Job 17:16
    71%

    16Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”

  • Lam 2:16
    71%

    16פ(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said,“We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!”

  • Job 3:22
    71%

    22who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave?

  • Ps 7:5
    71%

    5may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.(Selah)

  • Ps 21:9
    71%

    9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.