Psalms 37:15

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:14-15 : 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
  • Ps 35:8 : 8 Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.
  • Ps 76:3-6 : 3 There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. {{Selah 4 Glorious art thou [and] excellent, From the mountains of prey. 5 The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
  • Isa 37:38 : 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
  • Jer 51:56 : 56 for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
  • Hos 1:5 : 5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
  • Hos 2:18 : 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.
  • Mic 5:6 : 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it] . 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
  • 1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
  • 1 Sam 31:4 : 4 Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
  • Esth 7:9-9 : 9 Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 14 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.

  • Ps 64:7-8
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    7 But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

    8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

  • 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;

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

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

  • 7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

  • 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    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.

  • Isa 13:15-16
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    15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.

    16 Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.

  • 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

  • 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

  • 40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

  • Jer 50:36-37
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    36 A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

    37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

  • 5 Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king's enemies.

  • 16 Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

    13 He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

  • 8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

  • 6 And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.

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

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

  • 38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.

  • Rom 3:15-16
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    15 Their feet are swift to shed blood;

    16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;

  • 18 And [their] bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

  • 15 I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

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

  • 65 Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

  • 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

  • 3 and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

  • 28 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:

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

  • 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

  • 3 There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. {{Selah

  • 3 How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

  • 5 Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;

  • 16 They return, but not to [him that is] on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

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

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

  • 15 For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

  • 10 Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.

  • 22 Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.

  • 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

  • 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

  • 2 For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.