Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
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- 2 Samuel 17:1–3 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
- Psalm 35:20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
- Psalm 54:3 For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life — men with no regard for God. Selah