Proverbs 24:15

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Summary

Proverbs 24:15

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Lay

Spoil

Proverbs 22:28

Isaiah 32:18

Bible References

Lay

If they say, Come with us, let us lay in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause.

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water and said unto them, Is the seer here?

Then the king said to Doeg, Turn thou and fall upon the priests. And Doeg, the Edomite, turned and he fell upon the priests and slew on that day eighty-five men that wore a linen ephod.

Now, therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down, and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.

He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

Tzaddi The wicked watches the righteous and seeks to slay him.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps when they wait for my soul.

For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul; the strong are gathered against me; I am not in rebellion, nor in sin, O LORD.

The proud have hid a snare for me and cords; they have spread a net; on the path they have set snares for me. Selah.

But I was like a ram or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; for I did not understand that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living that his name may no longer be remembered.

and took counsel that they might take Jesus by guile and kill him.

but their ambushes were understood by Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

And when Paul's sister's son heard of their ambush, he went and entered into the fortress and told Paul.

asking for grace against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, they placing an ambush in the way to kill him.

Spoil

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

And my people shall dwell in a habitation of peace and in secure dwellings and in the refreshing of rest.