Psalm 37:12 “The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,”

Psalm 37:12

The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

World English Bible

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

American Standard Version

The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Geneva Bible 1599

The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

Darby Translation

The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

Young's Literal Translation

The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

Bible in Basic English

The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

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Cross references

“The wicked”

Matthew 26:16 1 Samuel 18:21 Psalm 37:32 1 Samuel 23:7–9 2 Samuel 15:10–12 Esther 3:6

Matthew 26:16 · BSB

So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

1 Samuel 18:21 · BSB

“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

Psalm 37:32 · BSB

Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

1 Samuel 23:7–9 · BSB

When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”

2 Samuel 15:10–12 · BSB

Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”

Esther 3:6 · BSB

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

“plotteth”

Micah 2:1 Daniel 8:12 Daniel 8:24

Micah 2:1 · BSB

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Daniel 8:12 · BSB

And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.

Daniel 8:24 · BSB

His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.

“gnasheth”

Psalm 35:16

Psalm 35:16 · BSB

Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Also

Psalm 31:13

Psalm 31:13 · BSB

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

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