Psalms 37:14
The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.
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- Ps 11:2 : 2 For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.
- Prov 29:27 : 27 A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.
- Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euill: thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherefore doest thou looke vpon the transgressors, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked deuoureth the man, that is more righteous then he?
- Matt 23:30-34 : 30 And say, If we had bene in the dayes of our fathers, we would not haue bene partners with them in the blood of the Prophets. 31 So then ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the children of them that murthered the Prophets. 32 Fulfill ye also ye measure of your fathers. 33 O serpents, the generation of vipers, howe should ye escape the damnation of hell! 34 Wherefore beholde, I send vnto you Prophets, and wise men, and Scribes, and of them ye shall kill and crucifie: and of them shall ye scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from citie to citie,
- Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the Prophets haue not your fathers persecuted? & they haue slaine them, which shewed before of the comming of that Iust, of whome ye are now the betrayers and murtherers,
- Acts 12:2-3 : 2 And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword. 3 And when he sawe that it pleased the Iewes, he proceeded further, to take Peter also (then were the dayes of vnleauened bread.)
- Acts 12:11 : 11 And when Peter was come to himselfe, he said, Nowe I know for a trueth, that the Lord hath sent his Angel, and hath deliuered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the wayting for of the people of the Iewes.
- Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, Lorde, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him!
- Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hide me from the conspiracie of the wicked, and from the rage of the workers of iniquitie. 3 Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes. 4 To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not. 5 They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them? 6 They haue sought out iniquities, and haue accomplished that which they sought out, euen euery one his secret thoughtes, and the depth of his heart.
- Prov 29:10 : 10 Bloodie men hate him that is vpright: but the iust haue care of his soule.
- 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 (24:12) Moreouer my father, behold: behold, I say, the lappe of thy garment in mine hand: for when I cut off the lappe of thy garment, I killed thee not. Vnderstad & see, that there is neither euil nor wickednesse in mee, neither haue I sinned against thee, yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.
- 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 (24:18) And sayd to Dauid, Thou art more righteous then I: for thou hast rendred me good, and I haue rendred thee euill.
- 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.
- Acts 12:23 : 23 But immediatly the Angel of the Lorde smote him, because he gaue not glorie vnto God, so that he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
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15 But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.
16 A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.
17 For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.
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2 For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.
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32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
- Ps 64:3-42 verses78%
3 Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.
4 To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not.
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2 The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
- Ps 37:12-132 verses78%
12 The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
13 But the Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth, that his day is comming.
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19 The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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7 For the weapons of the churle are wicked: hee deuiseth wicked counsels, to vndoe the poore with lying words: and to speake against the poore in iudgement.
- Ps 10:8-103 verses77%
8 He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murther the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.
9 He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.
10 He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.
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11 They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground:
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7 But God will shoote an arrowe at them suddenly: their strokes shalbe at once.
- Ps 7:12-132 verses75%
12 Except he turne, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bowe and made it readie.
13 Hee hath also prepared him deadly weapons: hee will ordeine his arrowes for them that persecute me.
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4 They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.
- Ps 21:11-122 verses75%
11 For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.
12 Therefore shalt thou put them aparte, and the strings of thy bowe shalt thou make readie against their faces.
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7 The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.
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21 But malice shal slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.
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3 To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.
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16 Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him.
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14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as kniues to eate vp the afflicted out of the earth, and the poore from among men.
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12 He hath bent his bow & made me a marke for the arrow.
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13 Vp Lord, disappoint him: cast him downe: deliuer my soule from the wicked with thy sworde,
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14 The murtherer riseth earely & killeth the poore and the needie: and in the night he is as a theefe.
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15 And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.
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7 Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.
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6 The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.
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2 Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.
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21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
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12 The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.
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15 Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
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14 Thou didest strike thorowe with his owne staues the heades of his villages: they came out as a whirle winde to scatter me: their reioycing was as to deuoure the poore secretly.
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7 The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.
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4 Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.
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3 How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? ye shalbe all slaine: ye shalbe as a bowed wall, or as a wall shaken.
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15 Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.
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11 For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.
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5 The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.
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6 They haue layd a net for my steps: my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.
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3 And they bende their tongues like their bowes for lyes: but they haue no courage for the trueth vpon the earth: for they proceede from euill to worse, and they haue not knowen mee, sayth the Lord.
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4 But the righteous Lorde hath cut the cordes of the wicked.
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3 Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.
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19 The righteous shal see them, & shal reioyce, and the innocent shal laugh them to scorne.
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2 To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.