Cross References

Psalm 140:2

God's Word

They plan evil things in their hearts. They start fights every day.

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I am for peace, but when I talk about it, they only talk about war.

Although they scheme and plan evil against you, they will not succeed.

He invents trouble while lying on his bed and chooses to go the wrong direction. He does not reject evil.

Those who seek my life lay traps for me. Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me. All day long they think of ways to deceive me.

They attack, and then they hide. They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.

They lie in ambush for me right here! Fierce men attack me, O Lord, but not because of any disobedience,

How long will all of you attack a person? How long will you try to murder him, as though he were a leaning wall or a sagging fence?

Deceit is in the heart of those who plan evil, but joy belongs to those who advise peace.

They become hot like an oven while they lie in ambush. All night long their anger smolders, but in the morning it burns like a raging fire.

From you, Nineveh, a person who plans evil against the Lord sets out. His advice is wicked.