Proverbs 24:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do no violence to the place where the righteous live;

Cross References

Psalm 140:5

The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watch for the righteous and seek to kill them.

Psalm 56:6

They stir up strife; they lurk; they watch my steps, as they hoped to take my life.

Psalm 59:3

Even now they lie in wait for my life; the mighty stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us wantonly ambush the innocent;

Proverbs 22:28

Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.

Isaiah 32:18

My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. And I did not know it was against me that they devised schemes, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will no longer be remembered!”

Matthew 26:4

and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Acts 23:16

Now the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, so he went and gained entrance to the barracks and told Paul.

Acts 25:3

and requested, as a favor to them against Paul, to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

Acts 9:24

but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night so that they might kill him,

1 Samuel 9:11

As they went up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?”