Proverbs 24:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 9:11 : 11 As they were going up the ascent to the town, they met some girls coming out to draw water. They said to them,“Is this where the seer is?”
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 Then the king said to Doeg,“You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. 19 As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep– all with the sword.
  • 1 Sam 23:20-23 : 20 Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.” 21 Saul replied,“May you be blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me. 22 Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely where he is and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning. 23 Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him among all the thousands of Judah.”
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim. 9 He 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. 10 His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
  • Prov 22:28 : 28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.
  • Isa 32:18 : 18 My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying,“Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let’s remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.”
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.
  • Acts 23:16 : 16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:32
    79%

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

  • Prov 21:12
    79%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Prov 24:16-20
    5 verses
    79%

    16Indeed a righteous person will fall seven times, and then get up again, but the guilty will collapse in calamity.

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

    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

    19Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

    20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

  • Prov 12:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

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

    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Ps 125:3
    77%

    3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

  • Prov 10:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

  • Prov 3:29
    76%

    29Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

  • Prov 12:21
    76%

    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Ps 140:11
    75%

    11A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

  • Ps 37:10
    75%

    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

  • Prov 21:7
    75%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 14:11
    75%

    11The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Prov 4:16
    75%

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

  • Prov 11:23
    75%

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

  • Prov 3:25
    75%

    25Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;

  • Prov 24:1
    75%

    1Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;

  • Hab 2:9
    75%

    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.

  • Prov 4:14
    74%

    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

  • Ps 10:15
    74%

    15Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

  • Ps 37:12
    74%

    12Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

  • Ps 94:13
    74%

    13in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ps 34:21
    74%

    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Prov 21:10
    74%

    10The appetite of the wicked has desired evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    73%

    13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

  • Ps 37:7
    73%

    7Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 22:23
    73%

    23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.

  • Job 22:18
    73%

    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

  • Prov 15:6
    73%

    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 12:3
    73%

    3No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

  • Prov 11:8
    73%

    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

  • Exod 23:7
    73%

    7Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Prov 12:12
    73%

    12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.

  • Prov 10:24
    73%

    24What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

  • Prov 12:26
    73%

    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

  • Prov 10:3
    73%

    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

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

  • Job 18:21
    73%

    21‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

  • Job 11:14
    73%

    14if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

  • Ps 37:14
    73%

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

  • Prov 11:18
    73%

    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.