Psalm 59:3

New King James Version

For look, they lie in wait for my life; The mighty gather against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.

Cross References

Psalm 140:2

Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,

Psalm 38:12

Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long.

Psalm 56:6

They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait for my life.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enemies wrongfully; Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are, “Lie in wait for blood,” But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

Proverbs 24:15

Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not plunder his resting place;

Micah 7:2

The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.

John 15:25

But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

Acts 23:21

But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”

1 Samuel 19:1

Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David; but Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted greatly in David.

1 Samuel 24:11

Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my life to take it.

1 Samuel 24:17

Then he said to David: “You are more righteous than I; for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, “Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?