Psalm 10:8


He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].

Habakkuk 3:14


With the enemy’s own spears, You pierced
The head of his hordes.
They stormed out to scatter us,
Rejoicing like those
Who secretly devour the oppressed [of Israel].

1 Samuel 22:18

So the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests, and that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the [priest’s] linen ephod.

1 Samuel 23:23

So look, and take note of all the places where he hides and come back to me with the established facts, then I will go with you. If he is [anywhere] in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover, Manasseh shed a very great quantity of innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

Psalm 17:11


They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to force us to the ground,

Psalm 94:6


They kill the widow and the alien
And murder the fatherless.

Proverbs 1:11-12


If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 6:12-13


A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth.

Jeremiah 22:17


“But your eyes and your heart
Are only intent on your own dishonest gain,
On shedding innocent blood,
On oppression and extortion and violence.”

Luke 8:1

Soon afterward, Jesus began going around from one city and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve [disciples] were with Him,

Luke 10:1

Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them out ahead of Him, two by two, into every city and place where He was about to go.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

General references

Bible References

Sitteth

1 Samuel 22:18
So the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests, and that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the [priest’s] linen ephod.
1 Samuel 23:23
So look, and take note of all the places where he hides and come back to me with the established facts, then I will go with you. If he is [anywhere] in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
2 Kings 21:16
Moreover, Manasseh shed a very great quantity of innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Habakkuk 3:14

With the enemy’s own spears, You pierced
The head of his hordes.
They stormed out to scatter us,
Rejoicing like those
Who secretly devour the oppressed [of Israel].
Luke 8:1
Soon afterward, Jesus began going around from one city and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve [disciples] were with Him,
Luke 10:1
Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them out ahead of Him, two by two, into every city and place where He was about to go.

His eyes

Psalm 17:11

They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to force us to the ground,
Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth.
Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart
Are only intent on your own dishonest gain,
On shedding innocent blood,
On oppression and extortion and violence.”

General references

Exodus 20:13
“You shall not commit murder (unjustified, deliberate homicide).