Psalms 64:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • Ps 10:11 : 11 He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”
  • 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 1:11-14 : 11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously. 12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit. 13 We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.”
  • Isa 41:6 : 6 They help one another; one says to the other,‘Be strong!’
  • Ezek 8:12 : 12 He said to me,“Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? For they think,‘The LORD does not see us! The LORD has abandoned the land!’”
  • Matt 23:15 : 15 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
  • Rev 11:10 : 10 And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“Who hears?”
  • Ps 94:7 : 7 Then they say,“The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
  • Ps 124:7 : 7 We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said,‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
  • Num 22:6 : 6 So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”
  • 1 Sam 23:19-23 : 19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said,“Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon? 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.”
  • Job 22:13 : 13 But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

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  • Ps 64:2-4
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    2Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

    3They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

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

  • Ps 64:6-8
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    6They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.

    7But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.

    8Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,

  • Prov 1:18
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    18but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

  • Ps 56:6
    76%

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

  • Prov 1:11-12
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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.

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

  • Ps 35:20
    75%

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

  • Jer 5:26
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    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.

  • Isa 29:15
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    15Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

  • Ps 140:2
    75%

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

  • Prov 24:2
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    2for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

  • 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 21:11
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    11Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

  • Ps 83:3
    75%

    3They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.

  • Prov 2:14
    74%

    14who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

  • Mic 7:3
    74%

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

  • Job 24:16
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    16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

  • Ps 62:4
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    4They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses.(Selah)

  • Mic 2:1
    73%

    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.

  • Prov 4:16
    73%

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

  • Job 15:35
    73%

    35They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception.”

  • Ps 10:8-9
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    73%

    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.

  • Prov 16:30
    73%

    30The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.

  • Ps 36:4
    72%

    4He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

  • Jer 9:5
    72%

    5One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.

  • Ps 41:7
    72%

    7All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.

  • Job 38:40
    72%

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

  • Ps 73:8
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    8They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

  • Isa 59:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:8
    72%

    8The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.

  • Ps 94:4
    72%

    4They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

  • Ps 83:5
    71%

    5Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.

  • Prov 6:14
    71%

    14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

  • Prov 12:20
    71%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

  • Ps 17:11
    71%

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

  • Ps 140:5
    71%

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

  • Hos 7:3
    71%

    3Political Intrigue and Conspiracy in the Palace The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.

  • Ps 69:22
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    22May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!

  • Ps 37:14
    71%

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

  • Job 40:13
    71%

    13Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.

  • Job 5:14
    71%

    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

  • Ps 35:7
    71%

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

  • Ps 94:21
    71%

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

  • Ps 10:2
    71%

    2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.