1Sa 23:22-23, Psa 10:8-10, 37:12-14, 32-33, Jer 36:26, Mat 2:4-8 | ESV | STEP | Go , make yet more sure . Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there , for it is told me that he is very cunning .

t Ezek. 34:23; John 21:15-17; [2 Sam. 5:2; Rev. 7:17]

1 Samuel 23:22-23

22 Go, make yet more sure. Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he is very cunning. 23 See therefore and take note of all the lurking places where he hides, and come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you. And if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

Psalms 10:8-10

8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in ^ahiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like ^ba lion in his ^cthicket;
he ^dlurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his ^enet.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.

Psalms 37:12-14

12 The wicked ^fplots against the righteous
and ^ggnashes his teeth at him,
13 but the Lord ^hlaughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his ⁱday is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword and ^jbend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ^kway is upright;

Psalms 37:32-33

32 The wicked ^lwatches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.
33 The Lord will not ^mabandon him to his power
or let him ⁿbe condemned when he is brought to trial.

Jeremiah 36:26

26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the ^oking’s son and Seraiah the son of Azriel and ^pShelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize ^qBaruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.

Matthew 2:4-8

4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where ^rthe Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

6 ^s“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will ^tshepherd my people Israel.’”
7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”