Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Lay
Spoil
Bible References
Lay
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
1 Samuel 9:11
As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, "Is the seer here?"
1 Samuel 22:18
The king said to Doeg, "Turn and attack the priests!" Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 23:20
Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand."
Psalm 10:8
He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
Psalm 37:32
The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.
Psalm 56:6
They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
Psalm 59:3
For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
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.
Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know 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 be no more remembered.
Matthew 26:4
They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
Acts 9:24
but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
Acts 23:16
But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.
Acts 25:3
asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.
Spoil
Proverbs 22:28
Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up.
Isaiah 32:18
My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.