Proverbs 24:15
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15 Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous;
do no violence to the place where the righteous live;(A)
Acts 9:24
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24 but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night so that they might kill him,(A)
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Jeremiah 11:19
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19 But I was like a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
And I did not know it was against me
that they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;
let us cut him off from the land of the living,
so that his name will no longer be remembered!”(A)
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 hidden a trap for me,
and with cords they have spread a net,[a]
along the road they have set snares for me. Selah(A)
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- 140.5 Or they have spread cords as a net
1 Samuel 23:20-23
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20 Now, O king, whenever you wish to come down, do so, and our part will be to surrender him into the king’s hand.”(A) 21 Saul said, “May you be blessed by the Lord for showing me compassion!(B) 22 Go and make sure once more; find out exactly where he is and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is very cunning. 23 Look around and learn all the hiding places where he lurks 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 and requested, as a favor to them against Paul,[a] to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.(A)
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- 25.3 Gk him
Acts 23:16
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16 Now the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, so he went and gained entrance to the barracks and told Paul.(A)
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Matthew 26:4
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4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(A)
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Proverbs 22:28
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28 Do not remove the ancient landmark
that your ancestors set up.(A)
Proverbs 1:11
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11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;(A)
Psalm 59:3
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3 Even now they lie in wait for my life;
the mighty stir up strife against me.
For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,(A)
Psalm 56:6
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6 They stir up strife; they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.(A)
Psalm 37:32
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32 The wicked watch for the righteous
and seek to kill them.(A)
1 Samuel 22:18-19
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18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You, Doeg, turn and attack the priests.” Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests; on that day he killed eighty-five who wore the linen ephod.(A) 19 Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, 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 town, they met some young women coming out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?”(A)
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Psalm 10:8-10
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8 They sit in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places they murder the innocent.
Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;(A)
9 they lurk in secret like a lion in its den;
they lurk that they may seize the poor;
they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.(B)
10 They stoop, they crouch,
and the helpless fall by their might.
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