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Psalms 17:12
They are like a hungry lion, waiting to attack. They are like a powerful lion, hiding in the bushes.
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Psalms 59:3
See how they hide and wait for me! Lord, angry people plan to harm me, even though I haven’t hurt them in any way or sinned against them.
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Micah 7:2
Faithful people have disappeared from the land. Those who are honest are gone. Everyone hides and waits to spill the blood of others. They use nets to try and trap one another.
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Psalms 35:10
My whole being will cry out,“ Who is like you, Lord? You save poor people from those who are too strong for them. You save poor and needy people from those who rob them.”
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Habakkuk 3:14
His soldiers rushed out to scatter us. They were laughing at us. They thought they would easily destroy us. They saw us as weak people who were trying to hide. So you wounded Pharaoh’s head with his own spear.
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John 10:12
The hired man is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when the hired man sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
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Nahum 2:11-12
Assyria is like a lion. Where is the lions’ den now? Where did they feed their cubs? Where did all the lions go? In their den they had nothing to fear.The lion killed enough for his cubs to eat. He choked what he caught for his mate. He filled his home with what he had killed. He brought to his dens what he had caught.
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Proverbs 22:16
You might treat poor people badly or give gifts to rich people. Trying to get rich in these ways will instead make you poor.
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Amos 5:11-12
You make poor people pay tax on their straw. You also tax their grain. So, even though you have built stone houses, you won’t live in them. You have planted fruitful vineyards. But you won’t drink the wine they produce.I know how many crimes you have committed. You have sinned far too much. Among you are people who crush those who have done no wrong. They accept money from people who want special favors. They take away the rights of poor people in the courts.
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Habakkuk 1:15
The evil Babylonians pull all of them up with hooks. They catch them in their nets. They gather them up. So they celebrate. They are glad.
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Job 5:15-16
God saves needy people from the cutting words of their enemies. He saves them from their power.So poor people have hope. And God shuts the mouths of those who don’t treat others fairly.
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Amos 2:6-7
The Lord says,“ The people of Israel have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They sell into slavery those who have done no wrong. They trade needy people for a mere pair of sandals.They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the ground. They refuse to be fair to those who are crushed. A father and his son have sex with the same girl. They treat my name as if it were not holy.
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Psalms 12:5
The Lord says,“ The poor are being robbed. Those who are in need groan. So I will stand up to help them. I will keep them safe from those who tell lies about them.”
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Lamentations 3:10
He has been like a bear waiting to attack me. He has been like a lion hiding in the bushes.
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Amos 3:4
Does a lion roar in the bushes when it doesn’t have any food? Does it growl in its den when it hasn’t caught anything?
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Psalms 140:5
Proud people have hidden their traps to catch me. They have spread out their nets. They have set traps for me along my path.
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Isaiah 32:7
Those who are worthless use sinful methods. They make evil plans against poor people. They destroy them with their lies. They do it even when those people are right.
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Zechariah 11:3
Listen to the shepherds cry out! Their rich grasslands are destroyed. Listen to the lions roar! The trees and bushes along the Jordan River are gone.
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Isaiah 3:15
What do you mean by crushing my people? Why are you grinding the faces of the poor into the dirt?” announces the Lord. He is the Lord who rules over all.
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Proverbs 14:31
Anyone who crushes poor people makes fun of their Maker. But anyone who is kind to those in need honors God.
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Ezekiel 19:3-6
One of them was Jehoahaz. He became a strong lion. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.The nations heard about him. They trapped him in their pit. They put hooks in his face. And they led him away to Egypt.“‘ The mother lion looked and waited. But all her hope was gone. So she got another one of her cubs. She made him into a strong lion.He prowled with the lions. He became very strong. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.
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Proverbs 28:15
An evil person who rules over helpless people is like a roaring lion or an angry bear.
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Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land get rich by cheating others. They steal. They crush those who are poor and in need. They treat outsiders badly. They refuse to be fair to them.
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Jeremiah 5:26
“ Jeremiah, some of my people are evil. They hide and wait just as people hide to catch birds. They set traps for people.
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Acts 23:21
Don’t give in to them. More than 40 of them are waiting in hiding to attack him. They have promised that they will not eat or drink anything until they have killed him. They are ready now. All they need is for you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin.”
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Psalms 37:14
Sinners pull out their swords. They bend their bows. They want to kill poor and needy people. They plan to murder those who lead honest lives.
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Psalms 109:31
He stands ready to help those who need it. He saves them from those who are ready to sentence them to death.