Verse 14

The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

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  • Ps 11:2 : 2 See how the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
  • Prov 29:27 : 27 The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
  • Matt 23:30-34 : 30 and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins! 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
  • Acts 12:2-3 : 2 He executed James, the brother of John, with the sword. 3 When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well. (It was during the days of Unleavened Bread.)
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones will say, 'Lord, who is like You? You rescue the afflicted from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from their oppressors.'
  • Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; protect my life from the fear of the enemy. 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness. 4 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows. 5 They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear. 6 They encourage each other in evil plans; they talk about hiding snares and say, 'Who will see them?'
  • Prov 29:10 : 10 Bloodthirsty men hate the blameless, but the upright seek to preserve their life.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."'
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul asked, 'Is that your voice, my son David?' And Saul wept aloud.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.