Psalms 37:14
The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation.
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- Ps 11:2 : 2 For lo, the vngodly haue bende their bowe: and nocked their arrowes with the string, redy to shoote priuily at them whiche are vpright in heart.
- Prov 29:27 : 27 The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.
- Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euyl, thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherfore then doest thou loke vpo the transgressours, and holdest thy tongue, when the wicked deuoureth the man that is more righteous then he?
- Matt 23:30-34 : 30 And say, yf we had ben in the dayes of our fathers, we woulde not haue ben parteners with them in the blood of the prophetes. 31 And so ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the chyldren of them which kylled the prophetes. 32 Fulfyll ye lykewyse, the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpentes, ye generation of vipers, howe wyll ye escape the dampnation of hell? 34 Wherfore, beholde I sende vnto you prophetes, and wyse men, and Scribes, and some of them ye shall kyll and crucifie: and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie.
- Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted? And they haue slayne them which shewed before of the commyng of that iuste, of whom ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers:
- Acts 12:2-3 : 2 And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde. 3 And because he sawe it pleased the Iewes, he proceaded further, and toke Peter also. (Then were the dayes of sweete bread.)
- Acts 12:11 : 11 And when Peter was come to hym selfe, he sayde: Nowe I knowe of a suertie, that the Lorde hath sent his Angel, and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode, and from all the waytyng for, of the people of the Iewes.
- Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, God who is lyke vnto thee? whiche deliuerest the poore from hym that is to strong for him: yea the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him.
- Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hyde me from the secrete counsayles of the malitious: from the conspiracie of the workers of iniquitie. 3 Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword: who haue drawne their arrow, euen a bitter worde. 4 That they may priuily shoote at hym which is perfect: they do sodenly shoote at hym and feare not. 5 They courage them selues in mischiefe: and comune among them selues how they may lay snares, and say, who shall see them? 6 They searche out howe to do wrong, they put in practise fully that they haue diligently searched out: yea euen the secretes and bottome of euery one of their heartes.
- Prov 29:10 : 10 The bloodthirstie hate the righteous: but the iust seeke his soule.
- 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 And moreouer my father, beholde and see yet the lap of thy garment in my hand: Inasmuch as I killed thee not when I cut of the lap of thy garment, vnderstand therfore, & see that there is neither euyll nor wickednesse in me, and that I haue not sinned against thee: And yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.
- 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 And sayde to Dauid, Thou art more righteous then I: for thou hast rewarded me with good, where as I haue rewarded thee with euyll.
- 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain, which was of that wicked, and slewe his brother: And wherfore slewe he hym? Because his owne workes were euyll, and his brothers good.
- Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediatly the Angel of ye Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God ye honour, & he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
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- Ps 37:15-173 verses84%
15 But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken.
16 A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.
17 For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous.
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2 For lo, the vngodly haue bende their bowe: and nocked their arrowes with the string, redy to shoote priuily at them whiche are vpright in heart.
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32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym.
- Ps 64:3-42 verses78%
3 Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword: who haue drawne their arrow, euen a bitter worde.
4 That they may priuily shoote at hym which is perfect: they do sodenly shoote at hym and feare not.
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2 The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore: but euery one of them shalbe taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined.
- Ps 37:12-132 verses78%
12 The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.
13 The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth that his day is comming.
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19 The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good: and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous.
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7 The weapons of the churlishe are euyll, he deuiseth noysome deuises, that he may beguyle the poore with deceiptfull wordes, yea euen there as he should geue sentence with the poore.
- Ps 10:8-103 verses77%
8 He sitteth lurkyng in theeuishe corners of the streates: and priuily in lurking dennes he doth murther the innocent, he eyeth diligently hym that is weake.
9 He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne: he lyeth in wayte lurkyng, that he may violently carry away the afflicted, he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted, in halyng hym into his net.
10 He croucheth and humbleth him selfe: so that a number of the that be weake, fall by his myght.
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11 His doynges be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray: and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places.
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7 But the Lorde wyll sodenly shoote at them with a swyft arrowe: their plagues shalbe apparaunt.
- Ps 7:12-132 verses75%
12 If the wicked wyll not turne, he wyll whet his sworde: bende his bowe, and haue it in a redinesse to shoote
13 He hath prepared hym instrumentes of death: he hath ordayned his arrowes agaynst them that be persecutors.
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4 They cause the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hyde them selues together.
- Ps 21:11-122 verses75%
11 For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: but they coulde not bring it to passe.
12 Therfore thou wilt put them to flight: and direct thine arrowes agaynst their faces.
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7 The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.
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21 Malice shal put the vngodly to death: and they that hate the righteous, shalbe brought to naught.
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3 Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge iudgeth for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp.
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16 Because that he remembred not to do good: but he persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and hym whose heart was broken with sorow, that he might take his life from hym.
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14 There is a generation whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as knyues, to deuour the poore from of the earth, & the needy from among men.
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12 He hath bent his bowe, and made me as it were a marke to shoote at.
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13 Deliuer thou me O God from men which be thy hande: from men, from the worlde, whose portion is in this lyfe, whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy priuie treasure.
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14 The murtherer ryseth early and killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe?
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15 The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light, and the arme of the proude shalbe broken.
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7 Let them be dissolued as into water, let them come to naught of them selues: and when they shoote their arrowes, let them be as broken.
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6 The talkyng of the vngodly is howe they may lay wayte for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer the.
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2 Who in heart imagine mischiefes: and set forwarde to warre euery day.
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21 They flocke together agaynst the soule of the ryghteous: and condemne the innocent blood.
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12 The righteous man wysely considereth the house of the wicked, and for their wickednesse God ouerthroweth the vngodly.
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15 Laye no priuie wayte (O wicked man) against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
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14 Thou diddest strike thorow with his owne staues the heades of his villages, they came out as a whirlewinde to scatter me: their reioycyng was as to deuour the poore secretly.
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7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poore: but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng.
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4 Deliuer the poore and outcast: saue them from the hande of the vngodly.
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3 Howe long wyll ye imagine mischiefe against euery man? ye shalbe slayne all the sort of you: ye shalbe as a tottering wall, and like a broken hedge.
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15 Breake thou the power of the vngodly and malitious: searche thou out his vngodlynes, and thou shalt finde none afterwarde in him.
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11 A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth: euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe him.
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5 The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spread a net abroade with coardes in the high wayes: they haue set trappes for me. Selah.
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6 They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah.
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3 They bend their tongues like vowes to shoote out lyes, they waxe strong vppon earth: As for the trueth, they may nothing away withall in the worlde, for they go from one wickednes to another, and wyll not knowe me, saith the Lorde.
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4 But God who is iust: hath cut a peeces the snares of the vngodly.
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3 Take me not away with the vngodlye, and with the workers of iniquitie: whiche speake of peace to their neighbours, but mischiefe is in their heartes.
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19 The righteous sawe it and were glad, and the innocent laughed them to scorne.
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2 Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse.