Psalms 37:14

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The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

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  • Ps 11:2 : 2 See how the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
  • Prov 29:27 : 27 The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
  • Matt 23:30-34 : 30 and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins! 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
  • Acts 12:2-3 : 2 He executed James, the brother of John, with the sword. 3 When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well. (It was during the days of Unleavened Bread.)
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones will say, 'Lord, who is like You? You rescue the afflicted from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from their oppressors.'
  • Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; protect my life from the fear of the enemy. 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness. 4 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows. 5 They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear. 6 They encourage each other in evil plans; they talk about hiding snares and say, 'Who will see them?'
  • Prov 29:10 : 10 Bloodthirsty men hate the blameless, but the upright seek to preserve their life.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."'
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul asked, 'Is that your voice, my son David?' And Saul wept aloud.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.

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  • Ps 37:15-17
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    15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

    16Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2See how the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    3Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.

    4They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

  • Ps 37:12-13
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    12The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

    13The Lord laughs at him because He sees that his day is coming.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19Evil people will bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Isa 32:7
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    7The schemes of the wicked are evil; he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

  • Ps 10:8-10
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    8He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

    9He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the afflicted; he catches the afflicted by drawing them into his net.

    10He crouches, he bows down, and the helpless fall by his strong claws.

  • Ps 17:11
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    11They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

  • Ps 64:7
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    7They devise unjust schemes, saying, 'We have perfected a cunning plan!'; truly the inward mind and heart of man are deep.

  • Ps 7:12-13
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    12God is a righteous judge and a God who is angry every day.

    13If a person does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.

  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn the needy off the path, and the poor of the land are forced to hide together.

  • Ps 21:11-12
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    11You will destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among mankind.

    12Though they plot evil against You and devise wicked schemes, they will not succeed.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

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    16Because he did not remember to show kindness but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted to their death.

  • Prov 30:14
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    14There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

  • Lam 3:12
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    12He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows.

  • Ps 17:13
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    13Arise, Lord! Confront them, bring them down. With your sword, rescue me from the wicked.

  • Job 24:14
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    14At daybreak, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy, and at night, he is like a thief.

  • Job 38:15
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    15The light is withheld from the wicked, and the uplifted arm is broken.

  • Ps 58:7
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    7Break their teeth in their mouths, O God! LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions.

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    6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright rescues them.

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    2Rescue me, O LORD, from evil people; protect me from men of violence.

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    21They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

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    12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

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    15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • Hab 3:14
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    14With his own weapons You pierced the heads of his warriors, who came like a storm to scatter me, gloating as though ready to devour the afflicted in secret.

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    7The righteous care about the justice of the poor, but the wicked have no understanding of it.

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    4Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

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    3Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

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    15Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer! Call him to account for his wickedness until it is no more found.

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    11May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plot to overthrow my steps.

  • Ps 57:6
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    6Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth.

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    3Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander.

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    4The LORD is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked.

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    3Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak peace to their neighbors but harbor evil in their hearts.

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them.

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    2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.