8 He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
Psalms 10:8
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Lamentations 3:9–11
9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. 10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. 11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
Job 39:28–30
28 He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag. 29 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. 30 His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
Psalms 17:11–13
11 They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground, 12 like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush. 13 Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
Job 24:13–15
13 Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. 14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. 15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No e…
Job 38:39–41
39 Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions 40 when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket? 41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Psalms 37:31–33
31 The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter. 32 Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them, 33 the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
Sirach 27:9–11
9 Birds will return to their own kind, so truth will return to those who practice it. (WEB) 10 The lion lies in wait for prey. So does sin for those who do evil. (WEB) 11 The discourse of a godly man is always wise, but the fool changes like the moon. (WEB)
Proverbs 1:17–19
17 How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it! 18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. 19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
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