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 lying lips be dumb, that speak against [the] righteous unrestrained with arrogance and contempt.
Psalm 36:11
Do not let a foot of pride come against me, nor let a wicked hand make me to wander homeless.
Psalm 59:12
[By] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips, even in their pride, let them be trapped, and for [the] curses and lies they proclaim.
Psalm 119:5
Oh that my ways were steadfast, to keep your statutes!
Psalm 140:5
[The] proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along [the] {side} of [the] path. They have set snares for me. Selah
Exodus 9:17
Still you [are] behaving haughtily to my people by not releasing them.
Exodus 18:11
Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all the gods, {even in the matter where they the Egyptians dealt arrogantly against the Israelites}."
Isaiah 10:12
And this shall happen: when the Lord has finished all his work against {Mount Zion} and Jerusalem, "I will punish the {arrogance} of the king of Assyria and {his haughtiness}."
Isaiah 14:13
And you yourself said in your heart, 'I will ascend [to] heaven; I will raise up my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit on [the] mountain of assembly on the summit of Zaphon;
Jeremiah 43:2
Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the insolent men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, "You [are] telling a lie! Yahweh our God did not send you, {saying}, 'You must not go [to] Egypt to dwell as aliens there.'

Let

Psalm 7:16
His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.
Psalm 9:15
[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.
Proverbs 5:22
His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.