Psalms 64:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.”
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“They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?”
King James Version · Public Domain“They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 64:5 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 20:13So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
- Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
- Numbers 22:6So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
- Judges 20:22But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
- 1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
- Job 22:13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
- Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
- Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
- Psalms 124:7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
- Psalms 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
- Isaiah 41:6Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
- Ezekiel 8:12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
- Matthew 23:15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
- Matthew 26:3At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- Revelation 11:10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
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