Verse 6

They conspire and lurk, Watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, Not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
  • Ps 71:10 : 10 For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
  • Ps 140:2 : 2 Those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
  • Isa 54:15 : 15 Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather together against you shall fall because of you.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
  • Dan 6:4 : 4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
  • Matt 26:57 : 57 Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
  • Acts 4:5-6 : 5 It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem. 6 Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
  • Acts 23:12-14 : 12 When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
  • Ps 89:51 : 51 With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, With which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
  • Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, From the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil; 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, deadly words, 4 To shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. 5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?" 6 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
  • Job 14:16 : 16 But now you number my steps. Don't you watch over my sin?
  • Job 31:4 : 4 Doesn't he see my ways, And number all my steps?
  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth take a stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Yahweh, and against his anointed,{The word "anointed" is the same as the word for "Messiah" or "Christ"} saying, 3 "Let's break their bonds apart, And cast away their cords from us."
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. 9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net. 10 The helpless are crushed, they collapse, They fall under his strength.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the midst of it themselves. Selah.