5 occurrences

'Lying in wait' in the Bible

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

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

You therefore do not be persuaded by them, because more [than] forty men of {their number} are lying in wait [for] him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have done away with him. And now they are ready, waiting for {you to agree}."

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

Bible Theasaurus

Lying-In-Wait (1 instance)
Waylay (1 instance)