Psalms 7:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:41 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Ps 85:4 : 4 Turn{H8798)} us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease{H8685)}.
Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isa 34:5 : 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jer 31:18-19 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Ezek 18:30 : 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Ezek 21:9-9 : 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
Ezek 21:23 : 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Matt 3:10 : 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Similar Verses (AI)

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74%
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent{H8804)} their bow, to cast down{H8687)} the poor and needy, and to slay{H8800)} such as be of upright conversation.
15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken{H8735)}.
Lam 3:11-13
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11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
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Deut 32:41
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41If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Ps 21:12
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12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
Ps 64:3
72%
3Who whet{H8804)} their tongue like a sword, and bend{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Ps 37:32
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Isa 31:2
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Job 9:13
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Job 41:28
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28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Ps 58:7
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7But God shall shoot{H8686)} at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
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22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
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29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
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12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth{H8802)} upon him with his teeth.
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4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Prov 24:18
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18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Job 27:22
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Job 16:13
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3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
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Deut 32:23
69%
23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
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Ezek 21:10-11
2 verses
68%
10It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
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Isa 5:28
68%
28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Prov 7:23
68%
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Prov 29:1
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1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Prov 24:11
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5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Job 41:26
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26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
Isa 57:17
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17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
Ps 55:20
68%
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Exod 21:13
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13And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
1 Sam 20:7
68%
7If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
Hos 7:6
68%
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Prov 6:34
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Prov 19:19
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19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.