Psalms 37:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,”
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BSBPD
“The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 37:12 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 39:16So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
- 1 Samuel 18:21“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
- 1 Samuel 23:7When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
- 2 Samuel 15:10Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
- Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
- Esther 3:6And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
- Esther 5:13Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
- Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- Psalms 34:22The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
- Psalms 35:16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
- Daniel 8:12And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.
- Daniel 8:24His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
- Matthew 26:16So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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