Psalms 64:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 55:19 : 19 God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, {{Selah [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God.
  • Ps 59:3-4 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. 4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.
  • Ps 64:7 : 7 But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
  • Hab 3:14 : 14 Thou 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.
  • John 19:6 : 6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him] ! Pilate saith unto them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I find no crime in him.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
  • 1 Sam 18:11 : 11 and Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
  • 1 Sam 19:10 : 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
  • 2 Sam 15:14 : 14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
  • Neh 4:11 : 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He 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. 9 He 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.
  • 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;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 64:5-8
    4 verses
    86%

    5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

    6They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

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

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

  • Ps 64:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

    3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

  • Ps 11:2
    82%

    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 56:6
    77%

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

  • Ps 37:14
    76%

    14The 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 21:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Ps 58:7
    75%

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

  • Prov 1:18
    74%

    18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

  • Ps 37:32
    74%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 10:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 83:3
    73%

    3Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

  • Prov 4:16
    73%

    16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

  • Jer 9:8
    73%

    8Their 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.

  • Ps 35:20
    73%

    20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 35:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.

    8Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

  • Ps 62:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

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

    4They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {{Selah

  • Ps 7:13
    72%

    13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts] .

  • Job 34:26
    72%

    26He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;

  • Prov 1:11
    72%

    11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

  • Job 40:13
    72%

    13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place] .

  • Ps 17:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

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

    12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Jer 18:22
    72%

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

  • Ps 59:3
    72%

    3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

    3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {{Selah

  • Ps 41:7
    71%

    7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

  • Ps 69:22
    71%

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

  • Ps 94:21
    71%

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

  • Ps 140:5
    71%

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah

  • Job 24:16
    71%

    16In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

  • Jer 5:16
    71%

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

  • Ps 120:4
    71%

    4Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.

  • Ps 40:14
    71%

    14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

  • Ps 37:12
    71%

    12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Ps 59:12
    71%

    12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Ps 35:4
    71%

    4Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

  • Ps 69:24
    71%

    24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

  • Job 38:40
    70%

    40When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

  • Lam 3:12
    70%

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

  • Ps 57:6
    70%

    6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {{Selah