Psalm 140:8
English Standard Version
8 (A)Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
do not further their[a] evil plot, or (B)they will be exalted! Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 140:8 Hebrew his
Psalm 10:2-3
English Standard Version
2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them (A)be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked (B)boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain (C)curses[a] and (D)renounces the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 10:3 Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain
Psalm 27:12
English Standard Version
12 (A)Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
for (B)false witnesses have risen against me,
and they (C)breathe out violence.
Psalm 94:20-21
English Standard Version
20 Can (A)wicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame[a] injustice by (B)statute?
21 They (C)band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn (D)the innocent to death.[b]
Footnotes
- Psalm 94:20 Or fashion
- Psalm 94:21 Hebrew condemn innocent blood
Job 5:12-13
English Standard Version
12 He (A)frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He (B)catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
2 Samuel 15:31
English Standard Version
31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please (A)turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
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Deuteronomy 32:27
English Standard Version
27 had I not feared provocation by the enemy,
lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
lest they should say, (A)“Our hand is triumphant,
it was not the Lord who did all this.”’
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