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Psalms 17:12
As a lion is eager to tear his prey, And like a young lion lurking in secret places.
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Psalms 59:3
For look, they lie in wait for my life; The mighty gather against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
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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.
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Psalms 35:10
All my bones shall say,“ Lord, who is like You, Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”
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Habakkuk 3:14
You thrust through with his own arrows The head of his villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.
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John 10:12
But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
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Nahum 2:11-12
Where is the dwelling of the lions, And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub, And no one made them afraid?The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, Killed for his lionesses, Filled his caves with prey, And his dens with flesh.
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Proverbs 22:16
He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
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Amos 5:11-12
Therefore, because you tread down the poor And take grain taxes from him, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, Yet you shall not dwell in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink wine from them.For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
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Habakkuk 1:15
They take up all of them with a hook, They catch them in their net, And gather them in their dragnet. Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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Job 5:15-16
But He saves the needy from the sword, From the mouth of the mighty, And from their hand.So the poor have hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
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Amos 2:6-7
Thus says the Lord:“ For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of sandals.They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And pervert the way of the humble. A man and his father go in to the same girl, To defile My holy name.
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Psalms 12:5
“ For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord;“ I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
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Lamentations 3:10
He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.
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Amos 3:4
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
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Psalms 140:5
The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set traps for me. Selah
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Isaiah 32:7
Also the schemes of the schemer are evil; He devises wicked plans To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice.
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Zechariah 11:3
There is the sound of wailing shepherds! For their glory is in ruins. There is the sound of roaring lions! For the pride of the Jordan is in ruins.
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Isaiah 3:15
What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the faces of the poor?” Says the Lord GOD of hosts.
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Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.
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Ezekiel 19:3-6
She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men.The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.‘ When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men.
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Proverbs 28:15
Like a roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wicked ruler over poor people.
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Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger.
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Jeremiah 5:26
‘ For among My people are found wicked men; They lie in wait as one who sets snares; They set a trap; They catch men.
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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.”
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Psalms 37:14
The wicked have drawn the sword And have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay those who are of upright conduct.
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Psalms 109:31
For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who condemn him.