Psalm 10:9
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9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den;
He lies in wait to catch the poor;
He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
Psalm 17:12
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12 As a lion is eager to tear his prey,
And like a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalm 59:3
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3 For look, they lie in wait for my life;
(A)The mighty gather against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
Micah 7:2
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2 The (A)faithful[a] man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
(B)Every man hunts his brother with a net.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:2 Or loyal
Psalm 35:10
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10 (A)All my bones shall say,
“Lord, (B)who is like You,
Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,
Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”
John 10:12
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12 But a [a]hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (A)leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
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- John 10:12 hired man
Zechariah 11:3
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3 There is the sound of wailing (A)shepherds!
For their glory is in ruins.
There is the sound of roaring lions!
For the [a]pride of the Jordan is in ruins.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 11:3 Or floodplain, thicket
Habakkuk 3:14
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14 You thrust through with his own arrows
The head of his villages.
They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me;
Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.
Nahum 2:11-12
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11 Where is the dwelling of the (A)lions,
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub,
And no one made them afraid?
12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs,
[a]Killed for his lionesses,
(B)Filled his caves with prey,
And his dens with [b]flesh.
Footnotes
- Nahum 2:12 Lit. Strangled
- Nahum 2:12 Torn flesh
Amos 5:11-12
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11 (A)Therefore, because you [a]tread down the poor
And take grain [b]taxes from him,
Though (B)you have built houses of hewn stone,
Yet you shall not dwell in them;
You have planted [c]pleasant vineyards,
But you shall not drink wine from them.
12 For I (C)know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
(D)Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
(E)Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
Amos 3:4
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4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
Will a young lion [a]cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
Footnotes
- Amos 3:4 Lit. give his voice
Amos 2:6-7
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Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of (A)Israel, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because (B)they sell the righteous for silver,
And the (C)poor for a pair of sandals.
7 They [a]pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor,
And (D)pervert the way of the humble.
(E)A man and his father go in to the same girl,
(F)To defile My holy name.
Footnotes
- Amos 2:7 Or trample on
Ezekiel 22:29
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29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully (A)oppress the stranger.
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Ezekiel 19:3-6
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3 She brought up one of her cubs,
And (A)he became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And he devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him;
He was trapped in their pit,
And they brought him with chains to the land of (B)Egypt.
5 ‘When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost,
She took (C)another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
6 (D)He roved among the lions,
And (E)became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey;
He devoured men.
Lamentations 3:10
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Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:10 Lit. secret places
Isaiah 32:7
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7 Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with (A)lying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.
Isaiah 3:15
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15 What do you mean by (A)crushing My people
And grinding the faces of the poor?”
Says the Lord God of hosts.
Proverbs 28:15
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Proverbs 22:16
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16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
Proverbs 14:31
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31 (A)He who oppresses the poor reproaches (B)his Maker,
But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.
Psalm 140:5
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5 The proud have hidden a (A)snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah
Psalm 12:5
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5 “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
Job 5:15-16
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15 But (A)He saves the needy from the sword,
From the mouth of the mighty,
And from their hand.
16 (B)So the poor have hope,
And injustice shuts her mouth.
Acts 23:21
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21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”
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Habakkuk 1:15
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15 They take up all of them with a hook,
They catch them in their net,
And gather them in their dragnet.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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