Pro 24:15
Lay not wait, O wicked {man}, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
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And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part {shall be} to deliver him into the king's hand.
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
But I {was} like a lamb {or} an ox {that} is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, {saying}, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. {the tree...: Heb. the stalk with his bread}
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not {for} my transgression, nor {for} my sin, O LORD.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
{And} as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? {the hill...: Heb. in the ascent of the city}
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill {him}.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. {landmark: or, bound}
And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. {are...: Heb. hide themselves}