Psalms 10:8

Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 10

“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.”Psalms 10:8

What Does Psalms 10:8 Mean?

Psalms 10:8 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 10, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Psalms 10:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Psalms 119:110“The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.”Psalms 119:95“The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.”Habakkuk 3:14“Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.”Exodus 20:13“Thou shalt not kill.”1 Samuel 22:18“And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.”Job 24:14“The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.”Psalms 17:11“They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;”Psalms 37:32“The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.”Psalms 64:4“That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.”Proverbs 30:14“There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.”Jeremiah 22:17“But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.”Hosea 7:6“For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.”1 Samuel 23:23“See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.”2 Kings 6:13“And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.”2 Kings 21:16“Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.”Psalms 11:2“For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.”Psalms 56:6“They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.”Psalms 94:6“They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.”Proverbs 1:11“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:”Proverbs 6:12“A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.”

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