Proverbs 24:15
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;
1 Samuel 9:11
As they went up the hill to the city, they met some young women going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer (prophet) here?”
1 Samuel 22:18-19
So the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and
1 Samuel 23:20-23
Now then, O king, come down [to Ziph] in accordance with all your heart’s desire to do so [and capture him]; and our part shall be to hand him over to the king.”
Psalm 10:8-10
He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
Psalm 37:32
The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.
Psalm 56:6
They attack, they hide and lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.
Psalm 59:3
Look! They lie in wait for my life;
Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me,
Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.
Psalm 140:5
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Proverbs 22:28
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
Which your fathers have set.
Isaiah 32:18
Then my people will live in a peaceful surrounding,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places.
Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a gentle and tame lamb brought to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots and schemes against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;
Let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no longer.”
Matthew 26:4
and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
Acts 9:24
but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the city’s gates day and night so they could kill him;
Acts 23:16
But the son of Paul’s sister heard of their [planned] ambush, and he went to the barracks and told Paul.
Acts 25:3
asking as a concession against Paul, that he would have him brought to Jerusalem; (meanwhile planning an ambush to kill him on the way).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Lay
Spoil
Bible References
Lay
If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.
They attack, they hide and lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.
Look! They lie in wait for my life;
Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me,
Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
But I was like a gentle and tame lamb brought to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots and schemes against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;
Let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no longer.”
Spoil
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
Which your fathers have set.
Then my people will live in a peaceful surrounding,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places.