Verse 2

For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:10 : 10 My defence is in God, who preserueth the vpright in heart.
  • Ps 21:12 : 12 Therefore shalt thou put them aparte, and the strings of thy bowe shalt thou make readie against their faces.
  • Ps 37:14 : 14 The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bende their tongues like their bowes for lyes: but they haue no courage for the trueth vpon the earth: for they proceede from euill to worse, and they haue not knowen mee, sayth the Lord.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.
  • Acts 23:12-15 : 12 And when the day was come, certaine of the Iewes made an assemblie, and bounde themselues with a curse, saying, that they woulde neither eate nor drinke, till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more then fourtie, which had made this conspiracie. 14 And they came to the chiefe Priestes and Elders, and said, We haue bound our selues with a solemne curse, that wee will eate nothing, vntill we haue slaine Paul. 15 Nowe therefore, ye and the Council signifie to the chiefe captaine, that hee bring him foorth vnto you to morow: as though you would know some thing more perfectly of him, and we, or euer he come neere, will be readie to kill him.
  • Ps 64:3-5 : 3 Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes. 4 To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not. 5 They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?
  • Ps 64:10 : 10 But the righteous shalbe glad in the Lord, and trust in him: and all that are vpright of heart, shall reioyce.
  • Ps 94:15 : 15 For iudgement shal returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall followe after it.
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sowen for the righteous, and ioy for the vpright in heart.
  • Ps 125:4 : 4 Doe well, O Lord, vnto those that be good and true in their hearts.
  • Ps 142:3 : 3 Though my spirit was in perplexitie in me, yet thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked, haue they priuily layde a snare for me.
  • Ps 32:11 : 11 Be glad ye righteous, and reioyce in the Lorde, and be ioyfull all ye, that are vpright in heart.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 Therefore Saul said, I wil giue him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistims may bee against him. Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in law in the one of the twayne.
  • 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 And Dauid hauing knowledge that Saul imagined mischiefe against him, saide to Abiathar the Priest, Bring the Ephod.
  • Ps 7:12 : 12 Except he turne, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bowe and made it readie.
  • Ps 10:2 : 2 The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murther the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore. 9 He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.