Psalm 56:6

A Call For God's Protection

⁵ All day long they distort my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
⁶ They attack, they lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have waited to take my life.
⁷ Because of wickedness, cast them forth,
In anger put down the peoples, O God!

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Psalm 59:3

For behold, they have set an ambush for my life;
Fierce men launch an attack against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord,

Psalm 71:10

For my enemies have spoken against me;
And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

Psalm 140:2

Who devise evil things in their hearts;
They continually stir up wars.

Job 14:16

“For now You number my steps,
You do not observe my sin.

Job 31:4

“Does He not see my ways
And number all my steps?

Psalm 2:1-3

Why are the nations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?

Psalm 10:8-10

He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the hiding places he kills the innocent;
His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked spies upon the righteous
And seeks to kill him.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They dug a pit before me;
They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.

Psalm 64:2-6

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,
From the tumult of those who do iniquity,

Psalm 89:51

With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

Isaiah 54:15

“If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me.
Whoever assails you will fall because of you.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I have heard the whispering of many,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”
All my trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”

Daniel 6:4

Then the commissioners and satraps began trying to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to government affairs; but they could find no ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

Matthew 26:57

Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

Matthew 27:1

Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

Luke 20:20

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

Acts 4:5-6

On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Acts 23:12-14

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.