Psalms 37:12

World English Bible (2000)

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:16 : 16 Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
  • Dan 8:12 : 12 The army was given over [to it] together with the continual [burnt offering] through disobedience; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it did [its pleasure] and prospered.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on 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, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
  • Matt 26:16 : 16 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
  • Dan 8:24 : 24 His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do [his pleasure]; and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 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, "You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time."
  • 1 Sam 23:7-9 : 7 It was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. 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 Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 9 David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."
  • 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 is king in Hebron!'" 11 Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything. 12 Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai's people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai's people.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

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  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

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

    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

    10They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

  • Ps 35:16
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    16Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

  • Ps 37:10-11
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    10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

    11But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

    13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 29:10
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    10The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 30:14
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    14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

  • Ps 10:2-3
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    2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

  • Ps 41:7
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    7All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

  • Job 29:17
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    17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

  • Ps 10:7-8
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    7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

    8He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

  • Prov 12:5-6
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    5The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

    6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

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

  • Ps 37:1
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    1Don't fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

  • Ps 35:19-20
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    19Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

    20For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • Job 36:17
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    17"But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Prov 24:19
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    19Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

  • Ps 3:7
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    7Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

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

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

  • Ps 21:11
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    11For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Job 27:7
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    7"Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

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

  • Ps 2:5
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    5Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:

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

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The 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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    7Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.