He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.


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Psalms 10 10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
Numbers 24 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Jeremiah 5 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Lamentations 3 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Proverbs 10 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 24 15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Job 27 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Psalms 109 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Psalms 10 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
Psalms 35 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Proverbs 21 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Exodus 21 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Psalms 17 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Isaiah 42 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Job 18 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Matthew 25 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Job 36 15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Numbers 23 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Psalms 127 1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Isaiah 53 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Psalms 12 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Proverbs 26 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Job 38 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Proverbs 19 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Hosea 12 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Proverbs 30 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Ezekiel 19 6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Proverbs 1 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
1 Kings 20 36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
Daniel 11 23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
Jeremiah 17 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Job 36 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
Amos 8 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Psalms 107 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Psalms 10 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Ecclesiastes 9 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
2 Samuel 18 25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
Proverbs 14 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Proverbs 28 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Proverbs 28 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Psalms 37 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Matthew 24 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Proverbs 29 13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
Proverbs 7 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Ecclesiastes 4 14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
Proverbs 28 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Psalms 72 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Isaiah 40 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Amos 5 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
1 Samuel 26 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.