Proverbs 24:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 9:11 : 11 They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, `Is the seer in this `place'?'
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;' and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod, 19 and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.
  • 1 Sam 23:20-23 : 20 And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours `is' to shut him up into the hand of the king.' 21 And Saul saith, `Blessed `are' ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me; 22 go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is; who hath seen him there? for `one' hath said unto me, He is very subtile. 23 And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.'
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly, 9 He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net. 10 He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, `Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
  • Prov 22:28 : 28 Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
  • Isa 32:18 : 18 And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 And I `am' as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill `him',
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 and their counsel against `him' was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,
  • Acts 23:16 : 16 And the son of Paul's sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 37:32
    79%

    32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

  • Prov 21:12
    79%

    12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

  • Prov 24:16-20
    5 verses
    79%

    16For seven `times' doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.

    17In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

    18Lest Jehovah see, and `it be' evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

    19Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

    20For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

  • Prov 12:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6The words of the wicked `are': `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

    7Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

  • Ps 125:3
    77%

    3For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.

  • Prov 10:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29The way of Jehovah `is' strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.

    30The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.

  • Prov 3:29
    76%

    29Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

  • Prov 12:21
    76%

    21No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

  • Ps 140:11
    75%

    11A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

  • Ps 37:10
    75%

    10And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

  • Prov 21:7
    75%

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Prov 14:11
    75%

    11The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.

  • Prov 4:16
    75%

    16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.

  • Prov 11:23
    75%

    23The desire of the righteous `is' only good, The hope of the wicked `is' transgression.

  • Prov 3:25
    75%

    25Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.

  • Prov 24:1
    75%

    1Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

  • Hab 2:9
    75%

    9Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

  • Prov 4:14
    74%

    14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

  • Ps 10:15
    74%

    15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

  • Ps 37:12
    74%

    12The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

  • Ps 94:13
    74%

    13To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Ps 34:21
    74%

    21Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

  • Prov 21:10
    74%

    10The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    73%

    13as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.

  • Ps 37:7
    73%

    7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 22:23
    73%

    23For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

  • Job 22:18
    73%

    18And he hath filled their houses `with' good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

  • Prov 15:6
    73%

    6`In' the house of the righteous `is' abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked -- trouble.

  • Prov 12:3
    73%

    3A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 11:8
    73%

    8The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

  • Exod 23:7
    73%

    7from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

  • Prov 12:12
    73%

    12The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.

  • Prov 10:24
    73%

    24The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.

  • Prov 12:26
    73%

    26The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • Prov 10:3
    73%

    3Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

  • Job 18:21
    73%

    21Only these `are' tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.

  • Job 11:14
    73%

    14If iniquity `is' in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

  • Ps 37:14
    73%

    14A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

  • Prov 11:18
    73%

    18The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.