Proverbs 24:15

New International Reader's Version

Don’t hide and wait like a burglar near a godly person’s house. Don’t rob their home.

Cross References

Psalm 140:5

Proud people have hidden their traps to catch me. They have spread out their nets. They have set traps for me along my path.

Psalm 37:32

Those who are evil hide and wait for godly people. They want to kill them.

Psalm 56:6

They get together and hide. They watch my steps. They hope to kill me.

Psalm 59:3

See how they hide and wait for me! Lord, angry people plan to harm me, even though I haven’t hurt them in any way or sinned against them.

Proverbs 1:11

They might say, “Come along with us. Let’s hide and wait to kill someone who hasn’t done anything wrong. Let’s catch some harmless person in our trap.

Proverbs 22:28

Don’t move old boundary stones set up by your people of long ago.

Isaiah 32:18

They will live in a peaceful land. Their homes will be secure. They will enjoy peace and quiet.

Jeremiah 11:19

I had been like a gentle lamb led off to be killed. I didn’t realize they had made plans against me. They had said, “Let’s destroy the tree and its fruit. Let’s take away his life. Then his name won’t be remembered anymore.”

Matthew 26:4

They made plans to arrest Jesus secretly. They wanted to kill him.

Acts 23:16

But Paul’s nephew heard about this plan. So he went into the fort and told Paul.

Acts 25:3

They tried very hard to get Festus to have Paul taken to Jerusalem. They asked for this as a favor. They were planning to hide and attack Paul along the way. They wanted to kill him.

Acts 9:24

But he learned about their plan. Day and night they watched the city gates closely in order to kill him.

1 Samuel 9:11

They were going up the hill toward the town. Along the way they met some young women who were coming out to get water from the well. Saul and his servant asked them, “Is the seer here?”