Psalms 37:14

American Standard Version (1901)

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

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  • Ps 11:2 : 2 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
  • Prov 29:27 : 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
  • Matt 23:30-34 : 30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell? 34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
  • Acts 12:2-3 : 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And [those] were the days of unleavened bread.
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
  • Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity; 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words, 4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them? 6 They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
  • Prov 29:10 : 10 The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my life to take it.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

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    15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.

    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

    4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

  • Ps 37:12-13
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    12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

    13The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

  • Isa 32:7
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    7And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

  • Ps 10:8-10
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    8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

    9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

    10He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

  • Ps 17:11
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    11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.

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    7But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

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    12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

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  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

  • Ps 21:11-12
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    11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

    12For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

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    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

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    21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

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    16Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay [them] .

  • Prov 30:14
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    14There is a generation whose teeth are [as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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    12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

  • Ps 17:13
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    13Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

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    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

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    14Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

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    4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

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    3And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

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    19The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

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    2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!