Psalm 64:5
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5 They encourage each other to do evil
and plan how to set their traps in secret.
“Who will ever notice?” they ask.
Psalm 140:5
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5 The proud have set a trap to catch me;
they have stretched out a net;
they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude
Psalm 10:11
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11 The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us!
He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”
Ezekiel 8:12
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12 Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see us; he has deserted our land!’”
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Psalm 94:7
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7 “The Lord isn’t looking,” they say,
“and besides, the God of Israel[a] doesn’t care.”
Psalm 59:7
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7 Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths;
their words cut like swords.
“After all, who can hear us?” they sneer.
Job 22:13
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13 But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing!
How can he judge through the thick darkness?
Matthew 26:3-4
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3 At that same time the leading priests and elders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest, 4 plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.
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Isaiah 41:6
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6 The idol makers encourage one another,
saying to each other, “Be strong!”
Proverbs 1:11-14
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11 They may say, “Come and join us.
Let’s hide and kill someone!
Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!
12 Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave[a];
let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.
13 Think of the great things we’ll get!
We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.
14 Come, throw in your lot with us;
we’ll all share the loot.”
Footnotes
- 1:12 Hebrew like Sheol.
Psalm 124:7
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7 We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
The trap is broken, and we are free!
1 Samuel 23:19-23
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19 But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. “We know where David is hiding,” they said. “He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon. 20 Come down whenever you’re ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!”
21 “The Lord bless you,” Saul said. “At last someone is concerned about me! 22 Go and check again to be sure of where he is staying and who has seen him there, for I know that he is very crafty. 23 Discover his hiding places, and come back when you are sure. Then I’ll go with you. And if he is in the area at all, I’ll track him down, even if I have to search every hiding place in Judah!”
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Numbers 22:6
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6 Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”
Exodus 15:9
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9 “The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them
and catch up with them.
I will plunder them
and consume them.
I will flash my sword;
my powerful hand will destroy them.’
Revelation 11:10
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10 All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them.
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Matthew 23:15
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15 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn that person into twice the child of hell[a] you yourselves are!
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