Verse 9

He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For loe, they haue layd waite for my soule: the mightie men are gathered against me, not for mine offence, nor for my sinne, O Lord.
  • Ps 17:12 : 12 Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man is perished out of the earth, and there is none righteous among men: they all lye in wayte for blood: euery man hunteth his brother with a net.
  • Nah 2:11-12 : 11 Where is the dwelling of the lyons, and the pasture of the lyons whelpes? where the lyon, and the lionesse walked, and the lyons whelpe, & none made them afrayde. 12 The lyon did teare in pieces ynough for his whelpes, and woryed for his lyonesse, and filled his holes with praye, and his dennes with, spoyle.
  • Hab 1:15 : 15 They take vp all with the angle: they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarne, whereof they reioyce and are glad.
  • Hab 3:14 : 14 Thou didest strike thorowe with his owne staues the heades of his villages: they came out as a whirle winde to scatter me: their reioycing was as to deuoure the poore secretly.
  • Zech 11:3 : 3 There is the voyce of the houling of the shepherdes: for their glorie is destroyed: the voyce of ye roaring of lyons whelpes: for the pride of Iorden is destroyed.
  • John 10:12 : 12 But an hireling, and hee which is not the shepheard, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe comming, and hee leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth them, and scattreth the sheepe.
  • Acts 23:21 : 21 But let them not perswade thee: for there lie in waite for him of them, more then fourtie men, which haue bound themselues with a curse, that they will neither eate nor drinke, till they haue killed him: and nowe are they readie, and waite for thy promes.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, Lorde, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him!
  • Ps 37:14 : 14 The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man, 16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For he will stand at the right hand of the poore, to saue him from them that woulde condemne his soule.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.
  • Isa 3:15 : 15 What haue ye to do, that ye beate my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord, euen tho Lord of hostes?
  • Isa 32:7 : 7 For the weapons of the churle are wicked: hee deuiseth wicked counsels, to vndoe the poore with lying words: and to speake against the poore in iudgement.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.
  • Lam 3:10 : 10 He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.
  • Ezek 19:3-6 : 3 And she brought vp one of her whelps, and it became a lyon, and it learned to catch the praye, and it deuoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him, and he was taken in their nets, and they brought him in chaines vnto the land of Egypt. 5 Nowe when she sawe, that she had waited and her hope was lost, she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a lyon. 6 Which went among the lyons, and became a lyon, and learned to catch the praye, and he deuoured men.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land haue violently oppressed by spoyling and robbing, and haue vexed the poore and the needy: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger against right.
  • Amos 2:6-7 : 6 Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Israel, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they solde the righteous for siluer and the poore for shooes. 7 They gape ouer the head of the poore, in the dust of the earth, and peruert the wayes of the meeke: and a man and his father will goe in to a mayde to dishonour mine holy Name.
  • Amos 3:4 : 4 Will a lion roare in ye forest, when he hath no pray? or wil a lions whelpe cry out of his den, if he haue taken nothing?
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shal not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shal not drinke wine of them. 12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.