Psalm 38:12
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12 Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin
and meditate on treachery all day long.(A)
Psalm 35:20
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20 For they do not speak peace,
but they conceive deceitful words
against those who are quiet in the land.
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)
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- 140.5 Or they have spread cords as a net
2 Samuel 17:1-3
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17 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight. 2 I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,(A) 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man,[a] and all the people will be at peace.”
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- 17.3 Gk: Heb like the return of the whole (is) the man whom you seek
Psalm 141:9
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9 Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers.(A)
Psalm 64:2-5
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2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the scheming of evildoers,(A)
3 who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,(B)
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.(C)
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see us?[a](D)
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- 64.5 Syr Jerome: Heb them
Psalm 35:4
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4 Let them be put to shame and dishonor
who seek after my life.
Let them be turned back and confounded
who devise evil against me.(A)
2 Samuel 16:7-8
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7 Shimei shouted while he cursed, “Out! Out! Murderer! Scoundrel!(A) 8 The Lord has avenged on all of you the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of blood.”(B)
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Luke 20:19-22
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19 When the scribes and chief priests realized that he had told this parable against them, they wanted to lay hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people.(A)
The Question about Paying Tribute
20 So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said and then to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor. 21 So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and you show deference to no one but teach the way of God in accordance with truth.(B) 22 Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?”
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Psalm 119:110
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110 The wicked have laid a snare for me,
but I do not stray from your precepts.(A)
Psalm 62:3-4
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3 How long will you assail a person,
will you batter your victim, all of you,
as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?(A)
4 Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence.
They take pleasure in falsehood;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah(B)
Psalm 54:3
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3 For the insolent have risen against me;
the ruthless seek my life;
they do not set God before them. Selah(A)
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)
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