Psalm 59:3
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3 For behold, they (A)lie in wait for my life;
fierce men (B)stir up strife against me.
(C)For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
Psalm 56:6
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Psalm 69:4
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4 (A)More in number than the hairs of my head
are (B)those who hate me (C)without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
(D)those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?
1 Samuel 24:11
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11 See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that (A)there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though (B)you hunt my life to take it.
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Proverbs 12:6
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John 15:25
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25 But (A)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: (B)‘They hated me without a cause.’
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Micah 7:2
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2 (A)The godly has perished from the earth,
and (B)there is no one upright among mankind;
(C)they all lie in wait for blood,
and (D)each hunts the other with a net.
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, who (A)have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”
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Psalm 38:12
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12 Those who seek my life (A)lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt (B)speak of ruin
and meditate (C)treachery all day long.
Psalm 37:32-33
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32 The wicked (A)watches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.
33 The Lord will not (B)abandon him to his power
or let him (C)be condemned when he is brought to trial.
Psalm 7:3-6
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3 O Lord my God, (A)if I have done this,
if there is (B)wrong in my hands,
4 if I have repaid (C)my friend[a] with evil
or (D)plundered my enemy without cause,
5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
and let him (E)trample my life to the ground
and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
6 (F)Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
(G)lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
(H)awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
Footnotes
- Psalm 7:4 Hebrew the one at peace with me
Psalm 2:2
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2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his (A)Anointed, saying,
1 Samuel 26:18
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18 And he said, (A)“Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands?
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1 Samuel 24:17
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17 He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, (A)for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.
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1 Samuel 19:1
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Saul Tries to Kill David
19 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. (A)But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.
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Acts 4:26-27
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26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and (A)the rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his (B)Anointed’[a]—
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your (C)holy servant Jesus, (D)whom you anointed, both (E)Herod and (F)Pontius Pilate, along (G)with the Gentiles and (H)the peoples of Israel,
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- Acts 4:26 Or Christ
Psalm 10:9-10
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9 he lurks in ambush like (A)a lion in his (B)thicket;
he (C)lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his (D)net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
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