Psalm 10:9

New Living Translation

Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.

Cross References

Job 38:40

as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?

Psalm 109:31

For he stands beside the needy, ready to save them from those who condemn them.

Psalm 12:5

The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”

Psalm 140:5

The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude

Psalm 17:12

They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart— like young lions hiding in ambush.

Psalm 35:10

With every bone in my body I will praise him: “Lord, who can compare with you? Who else rescues the helpless from the strong? Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?”

Psalm 37:14

The wicked draw their swords and string their bows to kill the poor and the oppressed, to slaughter those who do right.

Psalm 59:3

They have set an ambush for me. Fierce enemies are out there waiting, Lord, though I have not sinned or offended them.

Proverbs 14:31

Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but helping the poor honors him.

Proverbs 22:16

A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.

Proverbs 28:15

A wicked ruler is as dangerous to the poor as a roaring lion or an attacking bear.

Isaiah 3:15

How dare you crush my people, grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?” demands the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Isaiah 32:7

The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil. They plot crooked schemes. They lie to convict the poor, even when the cause of the poor is just.

Jeremiah 5:26

“Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. They continually set traps to catch people.

Lamentations 3:10

He has hidden like a bear or a lion, waiting to attack me.

Ezekiel 22:29

Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion ever roar in a thicket without first finding a victim? Does a young lion growl in its den without first catching its prey?

Micah 7:2

The godly people have all disappeared; not one honest person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, setting traps even for their own brothers.

Habakkuk 1:15

Must we be strung up on their hooks and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?

Habakkuk 3:14

With his own weapons, you destroyed the chief of those who rushed out like a whirlwind, thinking Israel would be easy prey.

Zechariah 11:3

Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their rich pastures are destroyed. Hear the young lions roaring, for their thickets in the Jordan Valley are ruined.

John 10:12

A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.

Acts 23:21

But don’t do it! There are more than forty men hiding along the way ready to ambush him. They have vowed not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. They are ready now, just waiting for your consent.”