Psalm 10:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

They are like lions hiding in the bushes to catch weak and helpless animals. They lay their traps for the poor, who are caught in their nets.

Cross References

Psalm 17:12

Like hungry lions, they want to kill and eat. Like young lions, they hide, ready to attack.

Psalm 59:3

Look, powerful men are waiting for me. Lord, they are waiting to kill me, even though I did not sin or commit a crime.

Micah 7:2

By this I mean that all the faithful people are gone. There are no good people left. Everyone is planning to kill someone. Everyone is trying to trap their brother.

Psalm 35:10

With my whole self I will say, “Lord, there is no one like you. You protect the poor from those who are stronger. You save the poor and helpless from those who try to rob them.”

John 10:12

The worker who is paid to keep the sheep is different from the shepherd. The paid worker does not own the sheep. So when he sees a wolf coming, he runs away and leaves the sheep alone. Then the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.

Zechariah 11:3

Listen to the crying shepherds. Their powerful leaders were taken away. Listen to the roaring of the young lions. Their thick bushes near the Jordan River have all been taken away.

Habakkuk 3:14

You used Moses’ walking stick to stop the enemy soldiers. Those soldiers came like a powerful storm to fight against us. They thought they could defeat us easily, as robbing the poor in secret.

Amos 3:4

A lion will roar in the forest only if it catches its prey. A young lion roaring in his cave means he has caught something to eat.

Ezekiel 22:29

“The common people take advantage of each other. They cheat and steal from each other. They get rich by taking advantage of poor, helpless beggars, and they really cheat the foreigners. They are not fair to them at all!

Lamentations 3:10

He is like a bear about to attack me, like a lion that is in a hiding place.

Isaiah 32:7

They use evil like a tool and plan ways to steal from the poor. They tell lies about the poor and keep them from being judged fairly.

Isaiah 3:15

What gives you the right to hurt my people? What gives you the right to push the faces of the poor into the dirt?” The Lord GOD All-Powerful said this.

Proverbs 28:15

An evil ruler over those who are helpless is like an angry lion or a charging bear.

Proverbs 22:16

These two things will make you poor: hurting the poor to make yourself rich and giving gifts to the rich.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever takes advantage of the poor insults their Maker, but whoever is kind to them honors him.

Psalm 140:5

These proud people are trying to trap me. They spread nets to catch me; they set traps in my path. Selah

Psalm 12:5

They took advantage of the poor and stole what little they had. But the Lord knows what they did, and he says, “I will rescue those who are poor and helpless, and I will punish those who hurt them.”

Acts 23:21

But don’t believe them! More than 40 of them are hiding and waiting to kill him. They have all promised not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are waiting for you to say yes.”

Habakkuk 1:15

The enemy catches all of them with hooks and nets. The enemy catches them in his net and drags them in, and the enemy is very happy with what he caught.

Jeremiah 5:26

There are evil men among my people. They are like men who make nets for catching birds. They set their traps, but they catch people instead of birds.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked draw their swords to kill the poor and the helpless. They aim their arrows to murder all who live right.

Psalm 109:31

He stands by the helpless and saves them from those who try to put them to death.

Job 38:40

No, they hide in their caves or wait in the grass, ready to attack their prey.