And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.

And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.

lay snares

Psalm 10:9 His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

Psalm 64:2-5 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity. . . .

Psalm 119:110 Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.

Psalm 140:5 The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.

Psalm 141:9 Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.

2 Samuel 17:1-3 And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night. . . .

Luke 20:19,20 And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them. . . .

speak

Psalm 35:20 For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile.

Psalm 62:3,4 How long do you rush in upon a man? you all kill, as if you were thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence. . . .

2 Samuel 16:7,8 And thus said Semei when he cursed the king: Come out, come out, thou man of blood, and thou man of Belial. . . .

Luke 20:21,22 And they asked him, saying: Master, we know that thou speakest and teachest rightly: and thou dost not respect any person, but teachest the way of God in truth. . . .