Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

General references

Bible References

And they

Psalm 10:9
he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.
Psalm 56:6
They stir up strife, they lurk;
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.
Proverbs 1:11
If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

Lay wait for

Psalm 37:32
The wicked one lies in wait for the righteous
and seeks to kill him;
1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!”
Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!
Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”

Take

Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth take their stand,
and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and His Anointed One:
Psalm 83:3
They devise clever schemes against Your people;
they conspire against Your treasured ones.
2 Samuel 17:1
Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men, and I will set out in pursuit of David tonight.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Matthew 27:1
When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.

General references

Isaiah 36:15
Don’t let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord will certainly deliver us! This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.’”

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