Psalm 64:5


They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will discover us?”

Psalm 10:11


He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”

Psalm 140:5


The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.

Exodus 15:9


“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied against them;
I will draw my sword, my hand shall dispossess them and drive them out.’

Numbers 22:6

Now please come, curse these people for me, for they are too powerful for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know [your reputation] that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

1 Samuel 23:19-23

Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in strongholds of Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?

Job 22:13


“You say, ‘What does God know [about me]?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?

Psalm 59:7


Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”

Psalm 94:7


Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob (Israel) notice it.”

Psalm 124:7


We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers;
The trap is broken and we have escaped.

Proverbs 1:11-14


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

Isaiah 41:6


They each help his neighbor
And say to his brother [as he fashions his idols], “Be of good courage!”

Ezekiel 8:12

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’”

Matthew 23:15

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte (convert to Judaism), and when he becomes a convert, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

Matthew 26:3-4

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,

Revelation 11:10

And those [non-believers] who live on the earth will gloat over them and rejoice; and they will send gifts [in celebration] to one another, because these two prophets tormented and troubled those who live on the earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

Of laying snares

General references

Bible References

Encourage

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied against them;
I will draw my sword, my hand shall dispossess them and drive them out.’
Numbers 22:6
Now please come, curse these people for me, for they are too powerful for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know [your reputation] that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Isaiah 41:6

They each help his neighbor
And say to his brother [as he fashions his idols], “Be of good courage!”
Revelation 11:10
And those [non-believers] who live on the earth will gloat over them and rejoice; and they will send gifts [in celebration] to one another, because these two prophets tormented and troubled those who live on the earth.

Commune

1 Samuel 23:19
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in strongholds of Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?
Matthew 23:15
“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte (convert to Judaism), and when he becomes a convert, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
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,

Of laying snares

Psalm 124:7

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers;
The trap is broken and we have escaped.
Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.

Who

Psalm 10:11

He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”
Psalm 59:7

Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”
Psalm 94:7

Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob (Israel) notice it.”
Ezekiel 8:12
Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’”

General references

Proverbs 24:2

For their minds plot violence,
And their lips talk of trouble [for the innocent].
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly sent for the magi and learned from them the [exact] time the star [had first] appeared.