Psalms 37:32

Webster's Bible (1833)

The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. 9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net. 10 The helpless are crushed, they collapse, They fall under his strength.
  • Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
  • Luke 6:7 : 7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.
  • Luke 11:54 : 54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
  • Luke 14:1 : 1 It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
  • Luke 19:47-48 : 47 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him. 48 They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,

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    12The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.

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    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.

  • 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:

  • Ps 37:33-34
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    33Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.

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  • Ps 37:31
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    31The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Ps 10:8-9
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    8He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

    9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

  • Prov 12:5-7
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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.

    7The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, But the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.

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

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    12The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, But the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • 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.

  • Ps 11:5
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    5Yahweh examines the righteous, But the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.

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

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

  • Prov 28:1
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    1The wicked flee when no one pursues; But the righteous are as bold as a lion.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1> An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

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

  • 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.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And his ears open to their prayer; But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

  • Ps 109:6
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    6Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

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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.

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

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    9From the wicked who oppress me, My deadly enemies, who surround me.

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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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    2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak; They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

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    26A righteous person is cautious in friendship, But the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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    15Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

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

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    95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

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

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    7"Let my enemy be as the wicked, Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

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    16When the wicked increase, sin increases; But the righteous will see their downfall.

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    11God is a righteous judge, Yes, a God who has indignation every day.

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    21The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, But the righteous give generously.

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    3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, Not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.

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    19If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

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    2The godly man has perished out of the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

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    7"Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.