Psalm 10:9

New American Standard Bible 2020

He lurks in secret like a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the needy; He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net.

Cross References

Job 38:40

When they crouch in their hiding places, And lie in wait in their lair?

Psalm 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.

Psalm 12:5

“Because of the devastation of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will put him in the safety for which he longs.”

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and snares; They have spread a net at the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah

Psalm 17:12

He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in secret places.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You, Who rescues the afflicted from one who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the poor from one who robs him?”

Psalm 37:14

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow To take down the afflicted and the needy, To kill off those who are upright in conduct.

Psalm 59:3

For behold, they have set an ambush for my life; Fierce men attack me, Not for my wrongdoing nor for my sin, Lord,

Proverbs 14:31

One who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But one who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 22:16

One who oppresses the poor to make more for himself, Or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 3:15

“What do you mean by crushing My people And oppressing the face of the poor?” Declares the Lord God of armies.

Isaiah 32:7

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the poor with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right.

Jeremiah 5:26

‘For wicked people are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch people.

Lamentations 3:10

He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery, and they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger without justice.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something?

Micah 7:2

The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among mankind. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.

Habakkuk 1:15

The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook, Drag them away with their net, And gather them together in their fishing net. Therefore they rejoice and are joyful.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced with his own arrows The head of his leaders. They stormed in to scatter us; Their arrogance was like those Who devour the oppressed in secret.

Zechariah 11:3

There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail, For their splendor is ruined; There is a sound of the young lions’ roar, For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.

John 10:12

He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the flock.

Acts 23:21

So do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are in hiding to ambush him, and these men have put themselves under an oath not to eat or drink until they kill him; and now they are ready and waiting for assurance from you.”