He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
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And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
John
GospelsHave mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Psalms
PoetryThe heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms
PoetryNow therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSo likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
Luke
Gospels / LukeMy wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawAnd thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis
LawThe children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMen, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
Acts
HistoryAnd Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
Numbers
LawBut when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew
GospelsSon of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Deuteronomy
LawWhom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
Judges
HistoryAnd Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exodus
LawLORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?