Psalms 37:32
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
KJV
The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
ASV
צוֹפֶ֣ה רָ֭שָׁע לַ/צַּדִּ֑יק וּ֝/מְבַקֵּ֗שׁ לַ/הֲמִית/וֹ
Hebrew
The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.
YLT
The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to kill him.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
צֹּפֶה֙
tsph
verb · 37×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 18:11 — And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
- Acts 12:7 — And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
- Acts 12:19 — And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
- Acts 23:15 — Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come ne
- Dan 6:4 — Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or
- Dan 6:11 — Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
- Esth 5:14 — Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily
- Gen 37:18 — And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
- Gen 39:16 — And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
- Hab 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is m
- Jer 11:19 — But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off
- Jer 20:10 — For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail ag
- John 8:40 — But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
- Luke 4:29 — And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
- Luke 6:7 — And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
- Luke 11:54 — Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
- Luke 14:1 — And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
- Luke 14:1 — And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
- Luke 19:47 — And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
- Luke 20:20 — And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
- Mark 3:2 — And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
- Ps 10:8 — He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
- Ps 37:12 — The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
- Ps 41:2 — The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
- Ps 59:3 — For, 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 116:15 — Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
- Ps 119:95 — The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
- Ps 124:2 — If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
- Ps 140:4 — Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.