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
To catch
General references
Bible References
He lieth
Acts 23:21
But do not thou comply with them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves with a curse neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him: and they are now ready, waiting for an order from thee.
To catch
John 10:12
But the hireling, that is not the true shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf seizeth them, and disperseth the sheep.
General references
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod called the wise men to him privately, and inquired of them exactly the time of the star's appearing: