Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Bible References

The wicked, etc

Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; who speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalm 36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Psalm 59:12
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for the cursing and lying which they speak.
Psalm 119:5
O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!
Psalm 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.
Exodus 9:17
And yet exalt you yourself against my people, that you will not let them go?
Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing in which they dealt proudly he was above them.
Isaiah 10:12
Therefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Isaiah 14:13
For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the farthest sides of the north:
Jeremiah 43:2
Then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, You speak falsely: the LORD our God has not sent you to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

Let

Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
Psalm 9:15
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.