Verse 6

The words{H1697} of the wicked{H7563} are to lie in wait{H693}{(H8800)} for blood{H1818}: but the mouth{H6310} of the upright{H3477} shall deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} them.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:3 : 3 In the mouth{H6310} of the foolish{H191} is a rod{H2415} of pride{H1346}: but the lips{H8193} of the wise{H2450} shall preserve{H8104}{(H8799)} them.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet{H7272} run{H7323}{(H8799)} to evil{H7451}, and they make haste{H4116}{(H8762)} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818}: their thoughts{H4284} are thoughts{H4284} of iniquity{H205}; wasting{H7701} and destruction{H7667} are in their paths{H4546}.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people{H5971} are found{H4672}{(H8738)} wicked{H7563} men: they lay wait{H7789}{(H8799)}, as he that setteth{H7918}{(H8800)} snares{H3353}; they set{H5324}{(H8689)} a trap{H4889}, they catch{H3920}{(H8799)} men{H582}.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-4 : 1 Moreover Ahithophel{H302} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Absalom{H53}, Let me now choose out{H977}{(H8799)} twelve{H8147}{H6240} thousand{H505} men{H376}, and I will arise{H6965}{(H8799)} and pursue{H7291}{(H8799)} after{H310} David{H1732} this night{H3915}: 2 And I will come{H935}{(H8799)} upon him while he is weary{H3023} and weak{H7504} handed{H3027}, and will make him afraid{H2729}{(H8689)}: and all the people{H5971} that are with him shall flee{H5127}{(H8804)}; and I will smite{H5221}{(H8689)} the king{H4428} only: 3 And I will bring back{H7725}{(H8686)} all the people{H5971} unto thee: the man{H376} whom thou seekest{H1245}{(H8764)} is as if all returned{H7725}{(H8800)}: so all the people{H5971} shall be in peace{H7965}. 4 And the saying{H1697} pleased{H3474}{(H8799)} Absalom{H53} well{H5869}, and all the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Esth 4:7-9 : 7 And Mordecai{H4782} told{H5046}{(H8686)} him of all that had happened{H7136}{(H8804)} unto him, and of the sum{H6575} of the money{H3701} that Haman{H2001} had promised{H559}{(H8804)} to pay{H8254}{(H8800)} to the king's{H4428} treasuries{H1595} for the Jews{H3064}, to destroy{H6}{(H8763)} them. 8 Also he gave{H5414}{(H8804)} him the copy{H6572} of the writing{H3791} of the decree{H1881} that was given{H5414}{(H8738)} at Shushan{H7800} to destroy{H8045}{(H8687)} them, to shew{H7200}{(H8687)} it unto Esther{H635}, and to declare{H5046}{(H8687)} it unto her, and to charge{H6680}{(H8763)} her that she should go in{H935}{(H8800)} unto the king{H4428}, to make supplication{H2603}{(H8692)} unto him, and to make request{H1245}{(H8763)} before{H6440} him for her people{H5971}. 9 And Hatach{H2047} came{H935}{(H8799)} and told{H5046}{(H8686)} Esther{H635} the words{H1697} of Mordecai{H4782}. 10 Again Esther{H635} spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto Hatach{H2047}, and gave him commandment{H6680}{(H8762)} unto Mordecai{H4782}; 11 All the king's{H4428} servants{H5650}, and the people{H5971} of the king's{H4428} provinces{H4082}, do know{H3045}{(H8802)}, that whosoever, whether man{H376} or woman{H802}, shall come{H935}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428} into the inner{H6442} court{H2691}, who is not called{H7121}{(H8735)}, there is one{H259} law{H1881} of his to put him to death{H4191}{(H8687)}, except{H905} such to whom the king{H4428} shall hold out{H3447}{(H8686)} the golden{H2091} sceptre{H8275}, that he may live{H2421}{(H8804)}: but I have not been called{H7121}{(H8738)} to come in{H935}{(H8800)} unto the king{H4428} these thirty{H7970} days{H3117}. 12 And they told{H5046}{(H8686)} to Mordecai{H4782} Esther's{H635} words{H1697}. 13 Then Mordecai{H4782} commanded{H559}{(H8799)} to answer{H7725}{(H8687)} Esther{H635}, Think{H1819}{(H8762)} not with thyself{H5315} that thou shalt escape{H4422}{(H8736)} in the king's{H4428} house{H1004}, more than all the Jews{H3064}. 14 For if thou altogether{H2790}{(H8687)} holdest thy peace{H2790}{(H8686)} at this time{H6256}, then shall there enlargement{H7305} and deliverance{H2020} arise{H5975}{(H8799)} to the Jews{H3064} from another{H312} place{H4725}; but thou and thy father's{H1} house{H1004} shall be destroyed{H6}{(H8799)}: and who knoweth{H3045}{(H8802)} whether thou art come{H5060}{(H8689)} to the kingdom{H4438} for such a time{H6256} as this?
  • Esth 7:4-6 : 4 For we are sold{H4376}{(H8738)}, I and my people{H5971}, to be destroyed{H8045}{(H8687)}, to be slain{H2026}{(H8800)}, and to perish{H6}{(H8763)}. But if{H432} we had been sold{H4376}{(H8738)} for bondmen{H5650} and bondwomen{H8198}, I had held my tongue{H2790}{(H8689)}, although the enemy{H6862} could not countervail{H7737}{(H8802)} the king's{H4428} damage{H5143}. 5 Then the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} answered{H559}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Esther{H635} the queen{H4436}, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume{H4390}{(H8804)} in his heart{H3820} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} so? 6 And Esther{H635} said{H559}{(H8799)}, The adversary{H376}{H6862} and enemy{H341}{(H8802)} is this wicked{H7451} Haman{H2001}. Then Haman{H2001} was afraid{H1204}{(H8738)} before{H6440} the king{H4428} and the queen{H4436}.
  • Prov 1:11-19 : 11 If they say{H559}{(H8799)}, Come{H3212}{(H8798)} with us, let us lay wait{H693}{(H8799)} for blood{H1818}, let us lurk{H6845}{(H8799)} privily for the innocent{H5355} without cause{H2600}: 12 Let us swallow them up{H1104}{(H8799)} alive{H2416} as the grave{H7585}; and whole{H8549}, as those that go down{H3381}{(H8802)} into the pit{H953}: 13 We shall find{H4672}{(H8799)} all precious{H3368} substance{H1952}, we shall fill{H4390}{(H8762)} our houses{H1004} with spoil{H7998}: 14 Cast{H5307}{(H8686)} in thy lot{H1486} among{H8432} us; let us all have one{H259} purse{H3599}: 15 My son{H1121}, walk{H3212}{(H8799)} not thou in the way{H1870} with them; refrain{H4513}{(H8798)} thy foot{H7272} from their path{H5410}: 16 For their feet{H7272} run{H7323}{(H8799)} to evil{H7451}, and make haste{H4116}{(H8762)} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818}. 17 Surely in vain{H2600} the net{H7568} is spread{H2219}{(H8794)} in the sight{H5869} of any bird{H1167}{H3671}. 18 And they lay wait{H693}{(H8799)} for their own blood{H1818}; they lurk privily{H6845}{(H8799)} for their own lives{H5315}. 19 So are the ways{H734} of every one that is greedy{H1214}{(H8802)} of gain{H1215}; which taketh away{H3947}{(H8799)} the life{H5315} of the owners{H1167} thereof.
  • Mic 7:1-2 : 1 Woe{H480} is me! for I am as when they have gathered{H625} the summer fruits{H7019}, as the grapegleanings{H5955} of the vintage{H1210}: there is no cluster{H811} to eat{H398}{(H8800)}: my soul{H5315} desired{H183}{(H8765)} the firstripe fruit{H1063}. 2 The good{H2623} man is perished{H6}{(H8804)} out of the earth{H776}: and there is none upright{H3477} among men{H120}: they all lie in wait{H693}{(H8799)} for blood{H1818}; they hunt{H6679}{(H8799)} every man{H376} his brother{H251} with a net{H2764}.
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 And{G1161} when it was{G1096}{(G5637)} day{G2250}, certain{G5100} of the Jews{G2453} banded together{G4160}{(G5660)}{G4963}, and bound{G332} themselves{G1438} under a curse{G332}{(G5656)}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)} that they would{G5315} neither{G3383} eat{G5315}{(G5629)} nor{G3383} drink{G4095}{(G5629)} till{G2193}{G3739} they had killed{G615}{(G5725)} Paul{G3972}.
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 Now{G3568} therefore{G3767} ye{G5210} with{G4862} the council{G4892} signify{G1718}{(G5657)} to the chief captain{G5506} that{G3704} he bring{G2609} him{G846} down{G2609}{(G5632)} unto{G4314} you{G5209} to morrow{G839}, as{G5613} though ye would{G3195}{(G5723)} enquire{G1231}{(G5721)} something more perfectly{G197} concerning{G4012} him{G846}: and{G1161} we{G2249}, or ever{G4253} he{G846} come near{G1448}{(G5658)}, are{G2070}{(G5748)} ready{G2092} to kill{G337}{(G5629)} him{G846}.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 And desired{G154}{(G5734)} favour{G5485} against{G2596} him{G846}, that{G3704} he would send for{G3343}{(G5667)} him{G846} to{G1519} Jerusalem{G2419}, laying{G4160}{(G5723)} wait{G1747} in{G2596} the way{G3598} to kill{G337}{(G5629)} him{G846}.