'Lying in wait' in the Bible
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.
When they settle down in dens, abide in covert, for lying in wait?
So hath mine eye descried them who were lying in wait for me, - Of my wicked assailants, mine ears, shall hear.
The words of the lawless, are - of lying in wait for blood, but, the mouth of the upright, shall deliver them.
A bear lying in wait, he is to me, a lion, in secret places;
For they have made ready, like an oven, their heart, by their lying in wait, - all the night, their baker sleepeth, in the morning, he, kindleth up as it were a blazing fire.
lying in wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
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.
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.