Proverbs 24:15 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁵ Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Spoil not his resting place:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Wicked one, don’t wait secretly at the home of the righteous. Don’t destroy their dwelling.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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 proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Psalm 56:6

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Psalm 59:3

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 22:28

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Isaiah 32:18

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Matthew 26:4

and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

Acts 23:16

And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

Acts 25:3

and desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

Acts 9:24

but their laying wait was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

1 Samuel 9:11

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?