Psalms 64:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 55:19 : 19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
  • Ps 59:3-4 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD. 4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to help me, and behold.
  • Ps 64:7 : 7 ¶ But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
  • Hab 3:14 : 14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing [was] as to devour the poor secretly.
  • John 19:6 : 6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault in him.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
  • 1 Sam 18:11 : 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall [with it]. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
  • 1 Sam 19:10 : 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
  • 2 Sam 15:14 : 14 And David said unto all his servants that [were] with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not [else] escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
  • Neh 4:11 : 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
  • Ps 11:2 : 2 For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 64:5-8
    4 verses
    86%

    5They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

    6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.

    7¶ But 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 64:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

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

  • Ps 11:2
    82%

    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 56:6
    77%

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

  • Ps 37:14
    76%

    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.

  • Ps 21:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

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

    12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.

  • Ps 58:7
    75%

    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.

  • Prov 1:18
    74%

    18And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

  • Ps 37:32
    74%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 10:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

    9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

  • Ps 83:3
    73%

    3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

  • Prov 4:16
    73%

    16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

  • Jer 9:8
    73%

    8Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

  • Ps 35:20
    73%

    20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

  • Ps 35:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.

    8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Ps 62:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence.

    4They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 7:13
    72%

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

  • Job 34:26
    72%

    26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

  • Prov 1:11
    72%

    11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

  • Job 40:13
    72%

    13Hide them in the dust together; [and] bind their faces in secret.

  • Ps 17:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

    12Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Jer 18:22
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

  • Ps 59:3
    72%

    3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.

  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.

    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.

  • Ps 41:7
    71%

    7All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

  • Ps 69:22
    71%

    22¶ Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

  • Ps 94:21
    71%

    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

  • Ps 140:5
    71%

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  • Job 24:16
    71%

    16In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

  • Jer 5:16
    71%

    16Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.

  • Ps 120:4
    71%

    4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

  • Ps 40:14
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 37:12
    71%

    12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Ps 59:12
    71%

    12[For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.

  • Ps 35:4
    71%

    4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

  • Ps 69:24
    71%

    24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

  • Job 38:40
    70%

    40When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

  • Lam 3:12
    70%

    12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

  • Ps 57:6
    70%

    6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.