Psalms 64:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready. 13 He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.
  • Ps 18:14 : 14 He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
  • Ps 64:4 : 4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.
  • Ps 73:19 : 19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.
  • Prov 6:15 : 15 For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
  • Isa 30:13 : 13 This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.
  • Lam 3:12-13 : 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.
  • Matt 24:40 : 40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go;
  • Matt 24:50-51 : 50 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge, 51 And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
  • 1 Thess 5:2-3 : 2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
  • Deut 32:23 : 23 I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.
  • Deut 32:42 : 42 I will make my arrows red with blood, my sword will be feasting on flesh, with the blood of the dead and the prisoners, of the long-haired heads of my haters.
  • 1 Kgs 22:34 : 34 And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.
  • 1 Chr 10:3-7 : 3 And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers. 4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take 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, falling on it himself. 5 And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death. 6 So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together. 7 And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.
  • Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 64:2-6
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    86%

    2Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

    3Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

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

    5They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

    6Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

  • Ps 64:8
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    8The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

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

  • Ps 11:2
    78%

    2See, 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 21:11-12
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    77%

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

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

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    76%

    14The 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.

    15But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

  • Deut 32:23
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    23I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.

  • Ps 69:26-27
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    75%

    26Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

    27Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.

  • Ps 7:13
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    13He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    75%

    12With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

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

  • Ps 45:5
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    5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

  • Ps 56:6-7
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    6They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

    7By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

  • Job 20:24
    74%

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

  • Ps 120:4
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    4Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.

  • Ps 63:10
    74%

    10They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.

  • Jer 9:8
    74%

    8His 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.

  • Ps 62:3
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    3How 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?

  • Ps 144:6
    73%

    6With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.

  • Ps 69:24
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    24Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

  • Ps 5:10
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    10Send 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.

  • Ps 35:8
    72%

    8Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Job 34:26
    72%

    26The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

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

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

  • Ps 94:23
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    23And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.

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

  • Ps 57:6
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    6They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

  • Ps 149:7
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    7To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;

  • Prov 7:23
    72%

    23Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

  • Ps 68:21
    72%

    21The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

  • Lam 3:65-66
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    65You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.

    66You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.

  • Ps 69:22
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    22Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

  • Ps 17:11
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    11They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

  • Ps 140:10
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    10Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

  • Job 16:13
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    13His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.

  • Ps 38:2
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    2For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.

  • Ps 18:38
    71%

    38I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.