Psalms 140:2

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

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  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
  • 1 Sam 23:19-24 : 19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 20 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. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
  • 1 Sam 24:11-12 : 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
  • 1 Sam 26:1-9 : 1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. 6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. 8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless? 10 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. 11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. 12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them. 13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: 14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? 15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. 16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. 17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. 21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. 23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed. 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
  • Ps 2:1-2 : 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
  • Ps 62:3 : 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
  • Ps 64:5-6 : 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
  • Ps 120:7 : 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
  • Prov 12:20 : 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
  • Hos 7:6 : 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
  • Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
  • Nah 1:11 : 11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

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    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 140:3-4
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    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

    4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • Ps 38:12
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    12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

  • Job 15:35
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    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

  • Ps 64:2-6
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    2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

    3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

    4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

    5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

    6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

  • Ps 83:3
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    3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    3How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

    4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Hos 7:15
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    15Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

  • Mic 2:1
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    1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

  • Prov 6:18
    73%

    18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

  • Ps 83:5
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    5For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

  • Ps 59:3
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    3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

  • Ps 52:2
    73%

    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

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    9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

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    7All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

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    14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

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    11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

  • Isa 59:7
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    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

  • Ps 36:4
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    4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

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    72%

    3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Hos 7:6
    72%

    6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

  • Jer 9:8
    72%

    8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

  • Ps 58:2
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    2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

  • Ps 140:1
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    1Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

  • Ps 59:7
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    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

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    12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

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    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

  • Ps 55:10
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    10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

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    2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

  • Rom 3:15
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    15Their feet are swift to shed blood:

  • Ps 38:19
    71%

    19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

  • Ps 5:10
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    10Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.