Proverbs 24:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁵ Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation 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.

Proverbs 24:15 Cross References

Acts 9:24

but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led 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.

Isaiah 32:18

And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the way side; They have set gins for me. Selah

Acts 25:3

asking favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying wait to kill him on the way.

Acts 23:16

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

Matthew 26:4

and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

Proverbs 22:28

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

Proverbs 1:11

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

Psalm 59:3

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

Psalm 56:6

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

Psalm 37:32

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

1 Samuel 9:11

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