Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, and plot deceit all day long.
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lay snares

Psalm 10:9
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his dragnet.

Psalm 64:2-5
Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity, . . .

Psalm 119:110
The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not wandered from Your precepts.

Psalm 140:5
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

Psalm 141:9
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of the evildoers.

2 Samuel 17:1-3
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. . . .

Luke 20:19, 20
When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people. . . .

speak

Psalm 35:20
For they do not speak peace, but devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.

Psalm 62:3, 4
How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence? . . .

2 Samuel 16:7, 8
And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, "Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed! . . .

Luke 20:21, 22
"Teacher, " they inquired, "we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they devise treachery all day long.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those who seek my life set traps, and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me; they plot treachery all day long.

International Standard Version
Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.

NET Bible
Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And those who seek my life and seek my affliction took me and have spoken lies and have been meditating deceit all day.
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