Psalm 10:8

The Passion Translation

Like beasts lurking in the shadows of the city, they crouch silently in ambush, waiting for the innocent to pass by. Pouncing on the poor, they catch them in their snare to murder their prey in secret as they plunder their helpless victims.

Cross References

Psalm 17:11

See how they close in on me, waiting for the chance to throw me to the ground.

Psalm 94:6

Heartlessly they murder the widows, the foreigners, and even the orphaned children.

Proverbs 24:15

Listen up, you wicked, irreverent ones— don’t harass the lovers of God and don’t invade their resting place.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and heart are only interested in what brings you unjust profit, in violently oppressing your people even if it means shedding innocent blood.”

Luke 10:1

After this, the Lord Jesus formed thirty-five teams among the other disciples. Each team was two disciples, seventy in all, and he commissioned them to go ahead of him into every town he was about to visit.

Luke 8:1

Soon afterward, Jesus began a ministry tour throughout the country, visiting cities and villages to announce the wonderful news of God’s kingdom. His twelve disciples traveled with him

Judges 9:25

In their uprising against Abimelech, the citizens of Shechem placed bandits on the hilltops to ambush and rob everyone who passed by, and Abimelech heard of their treachery.