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.
The wicked, etc
Bible References
The wicked, etc
Psalm 31:18
Let their lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.
Psalm 36:11
Do not let the foot of pride come upon me. Do not let the hand of the ungodly drive me away.
Psalm 59:12
This is because of the sins from their mouths and the words on their lips. Let them be trapped by their own arrogance because they speak curses and lies.
Psalm 119:5
Oh that my ways may be established to keep your statutes!
Psalm 140:5
Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road.
Exodus 9:17
Still you exalt yourself against my people by not letting them go.
Exodus 18:11
Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all the other gods. It was proven when they treated the people with contempt.
Isaiah 10:12
It will happen when Jehovah has performed all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. He will say: I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty appearance.
Isaiah 14:13
You thought: 'I will go up to heaven (Mount Zion) and set up my throne above God's stars (messengers). I will sit on the mountain of meeting far away in the north where the gods assemble.
Jeremiah 43:2
Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant (egotistical) men said to Jeremiah: You are telling a lie! Jehovah our God has not sent you to say: 'You are not to enter Egypt to reside there.
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Psalm 7:16
Their mischief returns upon their own heads. Their violence descends on their own heads.
Psalm 9:15
The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities will catch the wicked. He will be held with the cords of his sins.