Psalm 10:9
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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.(A)
Psalm 17:12
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12 They are like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.(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)
Micah 7:2
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2 The faithful have disappeared from the land,
and there is no one left who is upright;
they all lie in wait for blood,
and they hunt each other with nets.(A)
Psalm 35:10
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10 All my bones shall say,
“O Lord, who is like you?
You deliver the weak
from those too strong for them,
the weak and needy from those who despoil them.”(A)
John 10:12
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12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.(A)
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Zechariah 11:3
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3 Listen, the wail of the shepherds,
for their glory is despoiled!
Listen, the roar of the lions,
for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed!(A)
Habakkuk 3:14
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14 You pierced with their[a] own arrows the head of his warriors,[b]
who came like a whirlwind to scatter us,[c]
gloating as if ready to devour the poor who were in hiding.
Habakkuk 1:15
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15 He brings all of them up with a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his seine,
so he rejoices and exults.(A)
Nahum 2:11-12
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11 What became of the lions’ den,
the cave of the young lions,
where the lion goes,
and the lion’s cubs, with no one to disturb them?(A)
12 The lion has torn enough for his whelps
and strangled prey for his lionesses;
he has filled his caves with prey
and his dens with torn flesh.(B)
Amos 5:11-12
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11 Therefore because you trample on the poor
and take from them levies of grain,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not live in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.(A)
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe
and push aside the needy in the gate.(B)
Amos 3:4
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4 Does a lion roar in the forest
when it has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from its den
if it has caught nothing?(A)
Amos 2:6-7
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Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they sell the righteous for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals—(A)
7 they who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth
and push the afflicted out of the way;
father and son go in to the same young woman,
so that my holy name is profaned;(B)
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- 2.6 Heb cause it to return
Ezekiel 22:29
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29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy and have extorted from the alien without justice.(A)
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Ezekiel 19:3-6
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3 She raised up one of her cubs;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured humans.(A)
4 The nations heard about him;
he was caught in their pit,
and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.(B)
5 When she saw that she was thwarted,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.(C)
6 He prowled among the lions;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured people.(D)
Lamentations 3:10
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10 He is a bear lying in wait for me,
a lion in hiding;(A)
Isaiah 32:7
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7 The villainies of villains are evil;
they devise wicked devices
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.(A)
Isaiah 3:15
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15 What do you mean by crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts.(A)
Proverbs 28:15
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15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
is a wicked ruler over a poor people.(A)
Proverbs 22:16
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16 Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.
Proverbs 14:31
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31 Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker,
but those who are kind to the needy honor him.(A)
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)
Footnotes
- 140.5 Or they have spread cords as a net
Psalm 12:5
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5 “Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”(A)
Job 5:15-16
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15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
from the hand of the mighty.(A)
16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(B)
Acts 23:21
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21 But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. They are ready now and are waiting for your consent.”(A)
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