Psalms 64:6

World English Bible (2000)

They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 22:9 : 9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
  • 1 Sam 24:9 : 9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'
  • 1 Sam 25:10 : 10 Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
  • Prov 20:5 : 5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
  • Jer 17:9-9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? 10 I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
  • Dan 6:4-5 : 4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
  • John 18:29-30 : 29 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?" 30 They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."
  • John 19:7 : 7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

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    2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

    3who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

    4to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

    5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

  • Ps 64:7
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    7But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

  • Jer 17:9-10
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    9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

    10I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

  • Ps 44:21
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    21won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

  • Ps 139:23
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    23Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

  • Ps 58:2
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    2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

  • Isa 29:15
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    15Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"

  • Ps 140:2
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    2those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

  • Isa 59:7
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    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

  • Ps 56:6
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    6They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

  • 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 1:18
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    18but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Hos 7:2
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    2They don't consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

  • Hos 7:6
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    6For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

  • Obad 1:6
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    6How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!

  • Mic 2:1
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    1Woe 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.

  • Hos 4:8
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    8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

  • Job 15:35
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    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."

  • Job 10:6
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    6that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?

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

  • Job 24:16
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    16In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.

  • Ps 62:4
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  • Jer 5:26
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    26For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

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    14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

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    9The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

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    24That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

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

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    3As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

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    3They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

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    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

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  • Jer 16:17
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    3But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

  • Ps 5:9
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  • Ps 17:3
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    3You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

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    15he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.

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    27Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let them come into your righteousness.

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    5They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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    12For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:

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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

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    6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.