Proverbs 1:18

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.
  • Ps 7:14-16 : 14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies– 15 he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made. 16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
  • Prov 5:22-23 : 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin. 23 He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.
  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 “Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!” 18 But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!” 5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:19
    83%

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

  • Prov 1:11-12
    2 verses
    82%

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

    12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

  • Prov 1:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    16for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

    17Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

  • Jer 5:26-27
    2 verses
    79%

    26“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.

    27Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.

  • Ps 10:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

    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 64:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.

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

    6They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.

  • Ps 56:6
    78%

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

  • Rom 3:15
    76%

    15“Their feet are swift to shed blood,

  • Job 18:10
    75%

    10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

  • Ps 38:12
    75%

    12Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

  • Ps 37:32
    75%

    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Job 38:40
    75%

    40when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?

  • Mic 7:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

    3They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.

  • Isa 59:7
    74%

    7They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

  • Ps 11:2
    74%

    2For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

  • Prov 4:16
    74%

    16For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • Ps 17:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 59:3
    74%

    3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.

  • 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.

  • Prov 24:2
    73%

    2for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

  • Job 24:16
    73%

    16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Jer 9:8
    73%

    8Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.

  • Ps 141:9
    73%

    9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

  • Ps 35:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    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!

  • Prov 12:6
    73%

    6The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

  • Job 18:8
    72%

    8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

  • Prov 23:28
    72%

    28Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

  • Ps 94:21
    72%

    21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

  • Prov 29:10
    72%

    10Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.

  • Hab 2:9
    72%

    9The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

  • Ps 37:14
    72%

    14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

  • Mic 2:1
    72%

    1Land Robbers Will Lose Their Land Beware wicked schemers, those who devise calamity as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

  • Ps 140:2
    72%

    2who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)

  • Ps 35:20
    72%

    20For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who live peacefully in the land.

  • Job 24:14
    72%

    14Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

  • Ps 21:11
    71%

    11Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

  • Ps 69:22
    71%

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

  • Ps 9:15
    71%

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

  • Prov 7:23
    71%

    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.