Psalm 10:9

New International Version

like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

Cross References

Job 38:40

when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket?

Psalm 109:31

For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”

Psalm 140:5

The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.

Psalm 17:12

They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.

Psalm 35:10

My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”

Psalm 37:14

The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

Psalm 59:3

See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

Proverbs 22:16

One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

Isaiah 32:7

Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Jeremiah 5:26

“Among my people are the wicked who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch people.

Lamentations 3:10

Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?

Micah 7:2

The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets.

Habakkuk 1:15

The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net, he gathers them up in his dragnet; and so he rejoices and is glad.

Habakkuk 3:14

With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.

Zechariah 11:3

Listen to the wail of the shepherds; their rich pastures are destroyed! Listen to the roar of the lions; the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!

John 10:12

The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.

Acts 23:21

Don’t give in to them, because more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request.”