Psalms 37:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 7:14-15 : 14 Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.
  • Ps 35:8 : 8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; he burns the chariot in the fire.
  • Ps 76:3-6 : 3 There He broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle. Selah. 4 You are more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. 5 The stouthearted have been plundered, they have slept their sleep; and none of the mighty men have found their hands. 6 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
  • Isa 37:38 : 38 And it happened, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
  • Jer 51:56 : 56 Because the destroyer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken; for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely repay.
  • Hos 1:5 : 5 And it shall come to pass in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
  • Hos 2:18 : 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them lie down safely.
  • Mic 5:6 : 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land and when he treads within our borders.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself. 5 And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
  • 1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.
  • 1 Sam 31:4 : 4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me." But his armor-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell upon it.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
  • Esth 7:9-9 : 9 And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said before the king, Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him on it. 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    14The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

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    7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly they shall be wounded.

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

  • Ps 11:2
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    2For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

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

  • 1 Sam 2:4
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    4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    3Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.

    4That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.

  • Isa 13:15-16
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    15Everyone who is found will be thrust through; and everyone who is joined to them will fall by the sword.

    16Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives ravished.

  • Job 38:15
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    15And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the upraised arm is broken.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

  • Ezek 16:40
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    40They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.

  • Jer 50:36-37
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    36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall turn foolish: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

    37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mixed people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become like women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.

  • Ps 45:5
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    5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the people fall under you.

  • Jer 5:16
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    16Their quiver is like an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    12He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.

    13He has caused the arrows of His quiver to pierce my innermost parts.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

  • Hos 11:6
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    6And the sword shall remain on his cities, and shall destroy his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

  • Ps 21:11-12
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    11For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

    12Therefore, you shall make them turn their back; you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against their face.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Jer 18:21
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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.

  • Rom 3:15-16
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    72%

    15'Their feet are swift to shed blood:'

    16'Destruction and misery are in their ways:'

  • Isa 13:18
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    18Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye will not spare children.

  • Ezek 21:15
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    15I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

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    65Give them sorrow of heart, Your curse upon them.

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    15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until You find none.

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

  • Isa 5:28
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    28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Job 20:24
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    24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through.

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    3There He broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle. Selah.

  • Ps 62:3
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    3How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You shall all be slain; as a leaning wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence.

  • Isa 14:5
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    5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.

  • Hos 7:16
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    16They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their ridicule in the land of Egypt.

  • Ps 17:11
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    11They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Isa 21:15
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    15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the distress of war.

  • Ps 5:10
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    10Destroy them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

  • Ps 69:22
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    22Let their table become a snare before them, and what should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

  • Prov 22:8
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    8He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • Ps 55:21
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    21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.