Proverbs 1:11
If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Proverbs 1:18
But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood;
They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction].
Proverbs 12:6
The [malevolent] words of the wicked lie in wait for [innocent] blood [to slander],
But the mouth of the upright will rescue and protect them.
Jeremiah 5:26
‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers who lie in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.
Psalm 10:8-10
He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
Psalm 17:12
He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey],
And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.
Psalm 35:7
For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
Psalm 56:6
They attack, they hide and lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.
Psalm 64:5-6
They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will discover us?”
Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil,
And they hurry to shed blood.
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords
And whose jaw teeth are like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.
Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a gentle and tame lamb brought to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots and schemes against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;
Let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no longer.”
Jeremiah 18:18-20
Then [my enemies] said, “Come and let us work out schemes against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest [as Jeremiah predicts], nor the counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with our tongue [by making charges against him before the king], and let us ignore anything he says.”
Micah 7:2
The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth,
And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men.
They all lie in wait to shed blood;
Each hunts the other with a net.
Matthew 26:3-4
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, whose name was
John 15:25
Acts 23:15
So now you, along with the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), notify the commander to bring Paul down to you, as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. But we are ready to kill him before he comes near [the place].”
Acts 25:3
asking as a concession against Paul, that he would have him brought to Jerusalem; (meanwhile planning an ambush to kill him on the way).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let us lay
Let us lurk
General references
Bible References
Let us lay
For their feet run to evil,
And they hurry to shed blood.
The [malevolent] words of the wicked lie in wait for [innocent] blood [to slander],
But the mouth of the upright will rescue and protect them.
There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords
And whose jaw teeth are like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.
They attack, they hide and lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.
They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will discover us?”
‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers who lie in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.
The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth,
And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men.
They all lie in wait to shed blood;
Each hunts the other with a net.
Let us lurk
But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood;
They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction].
He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey],
And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.
For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
But I was like a gentle and tame lamb brought to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots and schemes against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;
Let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no longer.”
General references
A violent and exceedingly covetous man entices his neighbor [to sin],
And leads him in a way that is not good.