Verse 7

They devise unjust schemes, saying, 'We have perfected a cunning plan!'; truly the inward mind and heart of man are deep.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:12-13 : 12 God is a righteous judge and a God who is angry every day. 13 If a person does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.
  • Ps 18:14 : 14 The LORD thundered from the heavens; the Most High uttered His voice, with hailstones and burning coals.
  • Ps 64:4 : 4 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows.
  • Ps 73:19 : 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
  • Prov 6:15 : 15 Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant, he will be broken beyond healing.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.
  • Isa 30:13 : 13 'this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant.'
  • Lam 3:12-13 : 12 He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows. 13 He has pierced my inward parts with the arrows from His quiver.
  • Matt 24:40 : 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.
  • Matt 24:50-51 : 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • 1 Thess 5:2-3 : 2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  • Deut 32:23 : 23 I will heap calamities on them and expend My arrows against them.
  • Deut 32:42 : 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword will devour flesh, the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.
  • 1 Kgs 22:34 : 34 But someone randomly drew his bow and struck the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, 'Turn around and get me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded.'
  • 1 Chr 10:3-7 : 3 The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him and wounded him badly. 4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, 'Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised men do not come and abuse me.' But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. 5 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died. 6 Thus Saul, his three sons, and all his household died together. 7 When all the men of Israel in the valley saw that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and settled in them.
  • Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed against me.