Proverbs 24:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do no violence to the place where the righteous live;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Spoil not his resting place:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God); destroy not his resting-place;

American Standard Version (1901)

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

Common English Bible

Wicked one, don’t wait secretly at the home of the righteous. Don’t destroy their dwelling.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not lie in wait, and do not seek impiety in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.

Proverbs 24:15 Cross References

Psalm 140:5

The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watch for the righteous and seek to kill them.

Psalm 56:6

They stir up strife; they lurk; they watch my steps, as they hoped to take my life.

Psalm 59:3

Even now they lie in wait for my life; the mighty stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us wantonly ambush the innocent;

Proverbs 22:28

Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.

Isaiah 32:18

My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. And I did not know it was against me that they devised schemes, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will no longer be remembered!”

Matthew 26:4

and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Acts 23:16

Now the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, so he went and gained entrance to the barracks and told Paul.

Acts 25:3

and requested, as a favor to them against Paul, to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

Acts 9:24

but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night so that they might kill him,

1 Samuel 9:11

As they went up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?”