Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

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Bible References

Wicked

Psalm 119:61

The cords of the wicked have encircled and ensnared me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.
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].
Psalm 27:2

When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm 37:32

The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.
Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.
1 Samuel 23:20
Now then, O king, come down [to Ziph] in accordance with all your heart’s desire to do so [and capture him]; and our part shall be to hand him over to the king.”
2 Samuel 17:1
Then, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose 12,000 men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
Acts 12:11
When Peter came to his senses, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and has rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting [to do to me].”
Acts 23:21
But do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, and they have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Even now they are ready, just waiting for your promise.”
Acts 25:3
asking as a concession against Paul, that he would have him brought to Jerusalem; (meanwhile planning an ambush to kill him on the way).

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Psalm 119:24

Your testimonies also are my delight
And my counselors.