Proverbs 24:15
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15 (A)Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;
do no violence to his home;
Acts 9:24
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24 but their (A)plot became known to Saul. (B)They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him,
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Jeremiah 11:19
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19 But I was (A)like a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
I did not know (B)it was against me
they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
(C)let us cut him off from (D)the land of the living,
that his name be remembered no more.”
Isaiah 32:18
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18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
Psalm 140:5
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5 The arrogant have (A)hidden a trap for me,
and with cords they have spread (B)a net;[a]
beside the way they have set (C)snares for me. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 140:5 Or they have spread cords as a net
1 Samuel 23:20-23
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20 Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, (A)and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand.” 21 And Saul said, (B)“May you be blessed by the Lord, (C)for you have had compassion on me. 22 Go, make yet more sure. Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he is very cunning. 23 See therefore and take note of all the lurking places where he hides, and come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you. And if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
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Acts 25:3
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3 asking as a favor against Paul[a] that he summon him to Jerusalem—because (A)they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
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- Acts 25:3 Greek him
Acts 23:16
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16 Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered (A)the barracks and told Paul.
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Matthew 26:4
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4 (A)and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
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Proverbs 22:28
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28 Do not move the ancient (A)landmark
that your fathers have set.
Proverbs 1:11
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11 If they say, “Come with us, (A)let us lie in wait for blood;
(B)let us ambush the innocent without reason;
Psalm 59:3
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3 For behold, they (A)lie in wait for my life;
fierce men (B)stir up strife against me.
(C)For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
Psalm 56:6
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Psalm 37:32
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32 The wicked (A)watches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.
1 Samuel 22:18-19
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18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, (A)and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; (B)both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.
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1 Samuel 9:11
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11 As they went up the hill to the city, (A)they met young women coming out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?”
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Psalm 10:8-10
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8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in (A)hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like (B)a lion in his (C)thicket;
he (D)lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his (E)net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
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