Verse 2

The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:16 : 16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden. 16 The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)
  • Ps 31:18 : 18 May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless!
  • Ps 59:12 : 12 They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, but I observe your precepts with all my heart.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law.
  • Ps 119:122 : 122 Guarantee the welfare of your servant! Do not let the arrogant oppress me!
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
  • Isa 10:12-13 : 12 But when the Lord finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays. 13 For he says:“By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.
  • Isa 14:13 : 13 You said to yourself,“I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon.
  • Isa 14:16 : 16 Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking:“Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble?
  • Jer 43:2 : 2 Then Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and other arrogant men said to Jeremiah,“You are telling a lie! The LORD our God did not send you to tell us,‘You must not go to Egypt and settle there.’
  • Exod 9:17 : 17 You are still exalting yourself against my people by not releasing them.
  • Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them.”