Psalm 10:8

New American Bible - revised edition

They wait in ambush near towns; their eyes watch for the helpless to murder the innocent in secret.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:16

Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that it filled the length and breadth of Jerusalem, in addition to the sin he caused Judah to commit by doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight.

Job 24:14

When there is no light the murderer rises, to kill the poor and needy; in the night he acts like a thief.

Psalm 17:11

Their steps even now encircle me; they watch closely, keeping low to the ground,

Psalm 94:6

They kill the widow and alien; the orphan they murder.

Proverbs 24:15

Do not lie in wait at the abode of the just, do not ravage their dwelling places;

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own gain, On shedding innocent blood and practicing oppression and extortion.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced his head with your shafts; his princes you scattered with your stormwind, as food for the poor in unknown places.

Luke 10:1

After this the Lord appointed seventy[-two] others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.

Luke 8:1

Afterward he journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve

Judges 9:25

The lords of Shechem then set men in ambush for him on the mountaintops, and they robbed all who passed them on the road. It was reported to Abimelech.

1 Samuel 22:18

The king therefore commanded Doeg, “You, turn and kill the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite himself turned and killed the priests that day—eighty-five who wore the linen ephod.

1 Samuel 23:23

Look around and learn in which of all the various hiding places he is holding out. Then come back to me with reliable information, and I will go with you. If he is in the region, I will track him down out of all the families of Judah.”