Psalms 37:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

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  • Ps 7:14-15 : 14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit. 15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
  • Ps 35:8 : 8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire.
  • Ps 76:3-6 : 3 There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.) 4 You are shining and full of glory, more than the eternal mountains. 5 Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble. 6 At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse.
  • Isa 37:38 : 38 And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword, and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, became king in his place.
  • Jer 51:56 : 56 For the waster has come on her, even on Babylon, and her men of war are taken, their bows are broken: for the Lord is a rewarding God, and he will certainly give payment.
  • Hos 1:5 : 5 And in that day I will let the bow of Israel be broken in the valley of Jezreel.
  • Hos 2:18 : 18 And in that day I will make an agreement for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven and the things which go low on the earth; I will put an end to the bow and the sword and war in all the land, and will make them take their rest in peace.
  • Mic 5:6 : 6 And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business. 5 And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.
  • 1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
  • 1 Sam 31:4 : 4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.
  • Esth 7:9-9 : 9 Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it. 10 So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

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    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

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    7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

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    2 See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Ps 58:7
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    7 Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

  • 1 Sam 2:4
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    4 The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

    4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

  • Isa 13:15-16
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    15 Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.

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  • Job 38:15
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    15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15 For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

  • Ezek 16:40
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    40 And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.

  • Jer 50:36-37
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    36 A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.

    37 A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers.

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    5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

  • Jer 5:16
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    16 Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    12 With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

    13 He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8 His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.

  • Hos 11:6
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    6 And the sword will go through his towns, wasting his children and causing destruction because of their evil designs.

  • Ps 21:11-12
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    11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

    12 Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

  • Rom 3:15-16
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    72%

    15 Their feet are quick in running after blood;

    16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways;

  • Isa 13:18
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    18 In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.

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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

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    65 You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.

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    15 Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

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    3 And with a blow I will send your bow out of your left hand and your arrows falling from your right hand.

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    28 Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.

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    21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

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    24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

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    3 There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)

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    3 How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

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    5 The stick of the evil-doers, the rod of the rulers, is broken by the Lord;

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    11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

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    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Isa 21:15
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    15 For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.

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    10 Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

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    22 Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

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    8 By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

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    21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.