Psalm 10:9
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9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
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Psalm 17:12
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12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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Psalm 59:3
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3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
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Micah 7:2
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2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
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Psalm 35:10
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10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
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John 10:12
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12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
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Zechariah 11:3
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3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
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Habakkuk 3:14
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14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
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Nahum 2:11-12
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11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
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Amos 5:11-12
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11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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Amos 3:4
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4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
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Amos 2:6-7
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6 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
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Ezekiel 22:29
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29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
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Ezekiel 19:3-6
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3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
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Lamentations 3:10
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10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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Isaiah 32:7
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7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
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Isaiah 3:15
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15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
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Proverbs 28:15
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15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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Proverbs 22:16
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16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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Proverbs 14:31
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31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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Psalm 140:5
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5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
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Psalm 12:5
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5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
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Job 5:15-16
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15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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Acts 23:21
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21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
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Habakkuk 1:15
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15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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