Psalm 10:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

He lieth

Secretly

To catch

Poor, when

General references

Exodus 20:13

Matthew 2:7

Bible References

He lieth

like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul; the strong are gathered against me; I am not in rebellion, nor in sin, O LORD.

The merciful man of the earth is missing: and there is no one upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt each man his brother with a net.

But do not believe them, for more than forty of them lie in wait to ambush him, who have vowed under a curse that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him, and now they are ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Secretly

Daleth He was unto me as a bear lying in wait and as a lion in secret places.

Will a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den if he has taken nothing?

What of the dwelling of the lions and of the feeding place of the young lions where the lion and the lioness walked and the lion's whelps, and no one made them afraid?

There is a voice of the howling of the pastors; for their magnificence is destroyed; a voice of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of the Jordan is destroyed.

To catch

For among my people were found wicked men: they lay in wait as he that sets snares; they set a trap of perdition to catch men.

And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey and to devour men.

He shall take up all of them with his hook; he shall catch them in his net and gather them in his drag: therefore, he shall rejoice and be glad.

But the hireling, who is not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep.

Poor, when

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, saith the LORD; I will set in safety the one whom the wicked one has ensnared.

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him?

He The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy and to slay such as are of upright conversation.

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor in spirit to save his soul from those that judge him.

But he saves the poor from the sword, from the mouth of the wicked, and from the hand of the violent.

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.

He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches and who gives to the rich shall surely come to want.

As a roaring lion and a hungry bear, so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

What do you mean that ye beat my people to pieces and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of the hosts.

Certainly the greedy use evil measures: he devises wicked devices to ensnare the simple with lying words and to speak in judgment against the poor.

The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery and have done violence unto the poor and needy; they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

Thus hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Israel and for the fourth, I will not convert her because they sold the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes,

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat, ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Thou didst strike through with his staffs the heads of his villages, who as a whirlwind attempted to scatter me; their pride was as to devour the poor secretly.

General references

Thou shalt not murder.

Then Herod, calling the wise men unto him secretly, understood of them with diligence the time of the appearing of the star;