Psalm 10:9
He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.
Psalm 17:12
He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
Psalm 59:3
For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.
Micah 7:2
Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
Job 5:15-16
So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.
Psalm 12:5
"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."
Psalm 35:10
With all my strength I will say, "O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them."
Psalm 37:14
Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.
Psalm 109:31
because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.
Psalm 140:5
Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)
Proverbs 14:31
The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.
Proverbs 22:16
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.
Proverbs 28:15
Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Isaiah 3:15
Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?" The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken.
Isaiah 32:7
A deceiver's methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.
Jeremiah 5:26
"Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
Lamentations 3:10
(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
Ezekiel 19:3-6
She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.
Amos 2:6-7
This is what the Lord says: "Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.
Amos 3:4
Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?
Amos 5:11-12
Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
Nahum 2:11-12
Where now is the den of the lions, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?
Habakkuk 1:15
The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.
Habakkuk 3:14
You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.
Zechariah 11:3
Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.
John 10:12
The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
Acts 23:21
So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request."