Psalm 64:5
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Cross-reference
Psalm 10:11 echoes the same wicked logic: 'God has forgotten, he hides his face, he will never see it.'
Psalm 59:7 has the wicked asking 'Who will hear us?' — the same secret confidence that no one perceives their evil.
Psalm 94:7 directly states the wicked's claim: 'The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.'
Psalm 124:7 celebrates escape from the fowler's snare — the same imagery of snares set by the wicked, now broken.
Psalm 140:5 describes hidden traps and snares set by the arrogant — nearly identical language to the secret snares here.
Psalm 11:2 depicts the wicked shooting in the dark at the upright — the same secret attack imagery as laying snares.
Psalm 140:2 echoes the same theme of evil people planning wicked schemes in their hearts, reinforcing the secret plotting described here.
Matthew 26:4 explicitly says they plotted to arrest Jesus by stealth — identical to 'laying snares secretly'.
Matthew 26:3 shows the chief priests gathering to plot against Jesus — a direct parallel to the secret conspiracy described here.
Ezekiel 8:12 records elders saying 'The Lord does not see us' — identical to the secret plotting mindset here.
Proverbs 1:11-14 describes the same secret ambush and evil purpose — wicked men enticing others to lie in wait for blood.
In 1 Samuel 23:19-23, the Ziphites conspire with Saul to trap David — a clear parallel to secret plotting against the righteous.
Isaiah 29:15 uses the same 'Who sees us?' rhetoric — those who think their deeds are hidden from God, directly echoing the secret plotters here.
Jeremiah 5:26 describes wicked men lurking and setting traps like fowlers, mirroring the secret snares laid by the plotters here.
Jeremiah 18:22 mentions hidden snares dug for the prophet, echoing the secret snares laid by the wicked in this psalm.
Isaiah 47:10 has Babylon saying 'No one sees me' in pride, similar to the secret plotters' thinking, though the context is national judgment.
In Numbers 22:6, Balak's request to Balaam mirrors the secret plotting against God's people — a parallel conspiracy to curse the righteous.
Exodus 15:9 records the enemy's boastful pursuit and destruction plans, paralleling the wicked's confident scheming in Psalm 64:5.