Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
Lie in wait
General references
Bible References
Lie in wait
Joshua 8:16
So all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and as they pursued Joshua they were drawn away from the city.
Judges 9:25
And the leaders of Shechem put men in ambush against him on the mountaintops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way. And it was told to Abimelech.
Judges 20:29
So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah.
1 Samuel 15:2
Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt.
Acts 23:21
But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who 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.
Go not
Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
General references
Joshua 8:11
And all the fighting men who were with him went up and drew near before the city and encamped on the north side of Ai, with a ravine between them and Ai.
Judges 9:25
And the leaders of Shechem put men in ambush against him on the mountaintops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way. And it was told to Abimelech.