Verse 2

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

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:16 : 16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. 16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
  • Ps 31:18 : 18 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
  • Ps 59:12 : 12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
  • Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
  • Ps 119:122 : 122 Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
  • Isa 10:12-13 : 12 Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks. 13 For he has said, "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
  • Isa 14:13 : 13 You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
  • Isa 14:16 : 16 Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, "Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;
  • Jer 43:2 : 2 then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely: Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, You shall not go into Egypt to live there;
  • Exod 9:17 : 17 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.
  • Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."