Psalms 37:14
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To kill those who are upright in the way.
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- Ps 11:2 : 2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
- Prov 29:27 : 27 A dishonest man detests the righteous, And the upright in their ways detest the wicked.
- Hab 1:13 : 13 You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
- Matt 23:30-34 : 30 and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' 31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? 34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
- Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
- Acts 12:2-3 : 2 He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. 3 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
- Acts 12:11 : 11 When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting."
- Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, Who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"
- Ps 64:2-6 : 2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, From the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil; 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, deadly words, 4 To shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. 5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?" 6 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
- Prov 29:10 : 10 The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; And they seek the life of the upright.
- 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know you and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt after my life to take it.
- 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 He said to David, You are more righteous than I; for you have rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to you evil.
- 1 John 3:12 : 12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
- Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Ps 37:15-173 verses84%
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.
16 Better is a little that the righteous has, Than the abundance of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But Yahweh upholds the righteous.
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2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
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32 The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.
- Ps 64:3-42 verses78%
3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, deadly words,
4 To shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
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2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak; They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
- Ps 37:12-132 verses78%
12 The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
13 The Lord will laugh at him, For he sees that his day is coming.
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19 The evil bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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7 The instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
- Ps 10:8-103 verses77%
8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
10 The helpless are crushed, they collapse, They fall under his strength.
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11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
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7 But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
- Ps 7:12-132 verses75%
12 If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; He has bent and strung his bow.
13 He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
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4 They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
- Ps 21:11-122 verses75%
11 For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
12 For you will make them turn their back, When you aim drawn bows at their face.
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7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.
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21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
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3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; And the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
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16 Because he didn't remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, The broken in heart, to kill them.
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14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
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12 He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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13 Arise, Yahweh, Confront him, cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
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14 The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
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15 From the wicked, their light is withheld, The high arm is broken.
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7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
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6 The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, But the speech of the upright rescues them.
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2 Those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
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21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
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12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, And brings the wicked to ruin.
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15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting-place:
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14 You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, Gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
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7 The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.
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4 Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."
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3 How long will you assault a man, Would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
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15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
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11 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
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5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, They have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
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6 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the midst of it themselves. Selah.
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3 They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.
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4 Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
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3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, With the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
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19 The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent ridicule them,
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2 to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!