34 occurrences in 30 translations

'Lying in wait' in the Bible

And if he stabs him from hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait, so that he dies,

Verse ConceptsPeople Waiting

But if he thrusts him suddenly without hatred, or has thrown something on him without lying in wait,

Verse ConceptsLack Of Expectation

And if there shall be a man hating his friend and lying in wait for him, and he rose up against him and smote him in soul, and he died, and he fled to one of these cities:

Verse ConceptsWaitingPeople WaitingJudged As Murderers

And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and those lying in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

Verse ConceptsWest Sides

And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted, and rose up early, and the men of the city came out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at an appointed time, before the waste plain, - he not knowing that there was an ambush lying in wait for him, behind the city.

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing The FutureThose Who Rose Early

And the men of Shechem set men lying in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that passed by. And it was told to Abimelech.

Verse ConceptsAmbushRobbing PeopleTelling Of Happenings

And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.

Verse ConceptsStanding In The Gateway

Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

Verse ConceptsAmbush

Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon you, Samson. And there were men lying in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.

Verse ConceptsArmsCordsAmbush

Now, my father, see! Indeed, see the edge of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and perceive that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life to take it.

Verse ConceptsHuntingAttempting To Kill Specific PeoplePlea Of Innocence

And we removed from the river Ahava in the twelfth to the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the band of our God was upon us and he will deliver us from the hand of the enemy, and of him lying in wait upon the way.

Verse ConceptsCaravansHand Of GodRoadsDivine Protection, Examples OfGod's HandGod Saving From EnemiesGod's Hands On PeopleEnemy Attacks

When they settle down in dens, abide in covert, for lying in wait?

Verse ConceptsDensDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

Verse ConceptsLionsNetsMan TrappingLike Creaturesrehabilitation

They lying in wait for my soul shall be ashamed; they shall be finished; they seeking my evil shall be covered with reproach and shame.

Verse ConceptsBlamedisgraceHurt

So hath mine eye descried them who were lying in wait for me, - Of my wicked assailants, mine ears, shall hear.

Verse ConceptsdefeatLooking Intently At PeopleEnemy Attacks

This the doing of those lying in wait for me from Jehovah, and speaking evil against my soul.

Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

They lying in wait for me shall put on shame, and they shall be covered with their shame as an upper garment

Verse ConceptsCloaksClothed With Bad ThingsPeople Accusing People

But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood;They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction].

Verse ConceptsRetributionAmbush

The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfAmbush

She [is] also like a robber lying in wait, and the faithless among mankind she increases.

Verse ConceptsAmbushUnfaithful

For [the] tyrant shall be no more, and [the] scoffer shall come to an end. And all those lying in wait for evil shall be cut off;

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toMockeryInfidelity To GodUncharitablenessWatching To EntrapPeople EndedScoffersmockers

"Look up at the hilltops and consider this. You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.

Verse ConceptsNomadsUsing RoadsPolluting The LandSpiritual HarlotrySex Between NationsThings On High

for wicked men live among My people.They watch like fowlers lying in wait.They set a trap;they catch men.

Verse ConceptsHuntingTrapWaitingAmbushSnares Laid for PeopleMan TrappingBirds

Our pursuers were swifter than soaring eagles; they pursued us over the mountains, lying in wait for us in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleSkySpeedEaglesAmbushrelentless

Like bandits lying in wait, [so is] a band of priests; they murder [on the] road to Shechem; indeed, they commit a monstrous crime.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesRoadsCorrupt PriestsLeaders Sinning

For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire.

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansIn The MorningActing All NightUnnamed People Angry With Others

And after three months stay, as the Jews were lying in wait for him, when he was just embarking for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesSeafaringSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfTrapTwo To Four MonthsIsrael Hardened

But Paul's sister's son hearing of the lying-in-wait, happening to be near, and coming into the castle, - reported it unto Paul.

Verse ConceptsAmbushThings Revealed

Thou, therefore, do not be persuaded by them, for there are lying in wait for him, from among them, more than forty men, - who, indeed, have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor drink, till they have killed him; and, now, are they ready, awaiting the promise, from thee.

Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingAmbushPreparing For ActionFortiesAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDo Not Listen!Vowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

begging it as a favour from him, that he would send him back to Jerusalem, lying in wait for him to kill him on the road.

Verse ConceptsAskingImportunity, Towards PeopleSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfAmbushAttempting To Kill Specific People

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Lying-In-Wait (1 instance)
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