Psalms 64:4

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

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  • Ps 55:19 : 19 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me, for many are with me.
  • Ps 59:3-4 : 3 Deliver me from evildoers, and save me from those who thirst for blood. 4 See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, LORD.
  • Ps 64:7 : 7 They devise unjust schemes, saying, 'We have perfected a cunning plan!'; truly the inward mind and heart of man are deep.
  • Hab 3:14 : 14 With 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.
  • John 19:6 : 6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate responded, "Take him yourselves and crucify him; I find no charge against him."
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth. 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.
  • 1 Sam 18:11 : 11 Saul hurled the spear, saying, "I’ll pin David to the wall." But David evaded him twice.
  • 1 Sam 19:10 : 10 Saul attempted to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David dodged, and the spear struck the wall. David fled and escaped that night.
  • 2 Sam 15:14 : 14 David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, 'Arise, let us flee, or there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Hurry and leave, or he will quickly overtake us, bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.'
  • Neh 4:11 : 11 Those who were building the wall and those who carried loads were doing their work with one hand while holding a weapon with the other.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless. 9 He 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.
  • 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.

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  • Ps 64:5-8
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    5They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.

    6They encourage each other in evil plans; they talk about hiding snares and say, 'Who will see them?'

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

    8But God will shoot them with an arrow; suddenly, they will be struck down.

  • Ps 64:2-3
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    84%

    2Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; protect my life from the fear of the enemy.

    3Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.

  • 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 56:6
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    6All day long they twist my words; all their plans are against me for evil.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

  • 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.

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

  • Prov 1:18
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    18But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

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

  • Ps 10:8-9
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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.

  • Ps 83:3
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    3For behold, your enemies are in an uproar; those who hate you have lifted up their heads in rebellion.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 35:7-8
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    7For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life.

    8May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    3Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

    4How long will you assault a man? Would you all throw him down—like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

  • Ps 7:13
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    13If a person does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.

  • Job 34:26
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    26He strikes them down for their wickedness in a place where all can see.

  • Prov 1:11
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    11If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;'

  • Job 40:13
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    13Bury them together in the dust; bind their faces in the hidden place.

  • Ps 17:11-12
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    11They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

    12They are like a lion eager to tear its prey, like a young lion crouching in hiding.

  • Jer 18:22
    72%

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.

  • Ps 38:12
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    12My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3Deliver me from evildoers, and save me from those who thirst for blood.

  • Ps 140:2-3
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    2Rescue me, O LORD, from evil people; protect me from men of violence.

    3They devise wicked schemes in their hearts and stir up conflicts all day long.

  • Ps 41:7
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    7When one of them comes to visit, he speaks falsely, his heart gathers wickedness, and when he goes out, he tells it to others.

  • Ps 69:22
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    22They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

  • 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.

  • Job 24:16
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    16In the darkness, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

  • Jer 5:16
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    16Their quiver is like an open grave; all of them are mighty warriors.

  • Ps 120:4
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    4Sharp arrows of a warrior, along with burning coals of the broom tree.

  • Ps 40:14
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    14Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me; hurry, LORD, to help me.

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

  • Ps 59:12
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    12Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

  • Ps 35:4
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    4Let those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; let those who devise harm against me retreat and be humiliated.

  • Ps 69:24
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    24Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble.

  • Job 38:40
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    40when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in the thicket?

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

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