Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Bible References

The wicked, etc

Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
Psalm 36:11
Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Psalm 59:12
For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
Psalm 119:5
Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
Psalm 140:5
The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
Exodus 9:17
as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.
Exodus 18:11
Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."
Isaiah 10:12
Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks.
Isaiah 14:13
You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
Jeremiah 43:2
then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely: Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, You shall not go into Egypt to live there;

Let

Psalm 7:16
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
Psalm 9:15
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Proverbs 5:22
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.