Proverbs 1:11

If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

Proverbs 1:18

but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lead to bloodshed, but the speech of the upright delivers them.

Jeremiah 5:26

"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people.

Psalm 10:8-10

They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.

Psalm 17:12

Like a lion they desire to rip us to pieces, like a young lion waiting in ambush.

Psalm 35:7

Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.

Psalm 56:6

They gather together and hide in ambush. They watch my every step as they lie in wait for my life.

Psalm 64:5-6

They concoct an evil scheme for themselves; they enumerate their hidden snares; they say, "Who will see them?"

Proverbs 1:16

For they run toward evil; these enticers shed blood without hesitation.

Proverbs 30:14

Some people have swords for teeth and knives for fangs to devour the afflicted from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

Jeremiah 11:19

I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I didn't know that they had devised schemes against me. They told themselves, "Let's destroy the tree with its fruit. Let's eliminate him from the land of the living, so his name won't be remembered again."

Jeremiah 18:18-20

Then they said, "Come, let's make up a plot against Jeremiah. After all, the priest's instruction, the wise man's counsel, and the prophet's message won't be destroyed. So let's verbally attack him. Pay no attention to anything he says!"

Micah 7:2

The faithful have died off, and there is not one upright human being in the land. They all stalk one another with lethal intent, a man will even hunt his own brother with a net.

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

John 15:25

But this happened so that what has been written in their Law might be fulfilled: "They hated me for no reason.'

Acts 23:15

Now then, you and the Council must notify the tribune to bring him down to you on the pretext that you want to look into his case more carefully, but before he arrives we'll be ready to kill him."

Acts 25:3

and asking Festus to have Paul brought to Jerusalem as a favor. They were laying an ambush to kill him on the road.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Bible References

Let us lay

Proverbs 1:16
For they run toward evil; these enticers shed blood without hesitation.
Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked lead to bloodshed, but the speech of the upright delivers them.
Proverbs 30:14
Some people have swords for teeth and knives for fangs to devour the afflicted from the earth and the needy from among mankind.
Psalm 56:6
They gather together and hide in ambush. They watch my every step as they lie in wait for my life.
Psalm 64:5
They concoct an evil scheme for themselves; they enumerate their hidden snares; they say, "Who will see them?"
Jeremiah 5:26
"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people.
Micah 7:2
The faithful have died off, and there is not one upright human being in the land. They all stalk one another with lethal intent, a man will even hunt his own brother with a net.
Acts 23:15
Now then, you and the Council must notify the tribune to bring him down to you on the pretext that you want to look into his case more carefully, but before he arrives we'll be ready to kill him."
Acts 25:3
and asking Festus to have Paul brought to Jerusalem as a favor. They were laying an ambush to kill him on the road.

Let us lurk

Proverbs 1:18
but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves.
Psalm 10:8
They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.
Psalm 17:12
Like a lion they desire to rip us to pieces, like a young lion waiting in ambush.
Psalm 35:7
Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.
Jeremiah 11:19
I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I didn't know that they had devised schemes against me. They told themselves, "Let's destroy the tree with its fruit. Let's eliminate him from the land of the living, so his name won't be remembered again."
Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, "Come, let's make up a plot against Jeremiah. After all, the priest's instruction, the wise man's counsel, and the prophet's message won't be destroyed. So let's verbally attack him. Pay no attention to anything he says!"
Matthew 26:3
Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
John 15:25
But this happened so that what has been written in their Law might be fulfilled: "They hated me for no reason.'

General references

Exodus 20:13
"You are not to commit murder.
Judges 9:25
The "lords" of Shechem sent out men to ambush him on the mountain tops, and they robbed everyone who came by them along the roads, and this was reported to Abimelech.
Proverbs 16:29
A violent man entices his companion and leads him on a path that is not good.

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