Psalms 21:12

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
  • Ps 18:40 : 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
  • Ps 44:10 : 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
  • Ps 56:9 : 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
  • Ps 64:7 : 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
  • Lam 3:12 : 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
  • Ps 9:3 : 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
  • Ps 18:14 : 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
  • Job 7:20 : 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
  • Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Ps 64:7-8
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    7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

    8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

  • Ps 58:7
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    7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

  • Ps 44:10
    76%

    10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

  • 2 Sam 22:40-41
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    40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

    41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

  • Ps 45:5
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    5Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

    13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

  • Ps 18:40
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    40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

  • Ps 21:13
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    13Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

  • Ps 9:3
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    3When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

  • Ps 144:6
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    6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

  • Ezek 39:3
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    3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

  • Ps 7:12-13
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    73%

    12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

    13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

  • Jer 18:17
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    17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    73%

    3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

    4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

    15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

  • Job 41:28
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    28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

  • Exod 23:27
    72%

    27I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

  • Lev 26:17
    72%

    17And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

  • Ezek 16:40
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    40They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

  • Ps 78:9
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    9The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

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    72%

    57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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    10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

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    25The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

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    14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

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  • Jer 18:21-23
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    21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

    23Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

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    23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

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    7And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

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    15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

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    16Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

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    20And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

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    14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.