Verse 23

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:32 : 32 Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
  • Ps 5:6 : 6 Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.
  • Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 `I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What -- to us? thou shalt see!' 5 and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And Abner turneth back to Hebron, and Joab turneth him aside unto the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smiteth him there in the fifth `rib' -- and he dieth -- for the blood of Asahel his brother.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou `in' peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him; 10 and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that `is' in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth `rib', and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated `it' to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 `And also, thou hast known that which he did to me -- Joab son of Zeruiah -- that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether -- that he slayeth them, and maketh the blood of war in peace, and putteth the blood of war in his girdle, that `is' on his loins, and in his sandals that `are' on his feet; 6 and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Sheol and destruction `are' before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.
  • Prov 27:20 : 20 Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh. 16 Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
  • Ps 25:2 : 2 My God, in Thee I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies exult over me.
  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
  • Ps 59:12-13 : 12 The sin of their mouth `is' a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount. 13 Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.
  • Ps 73:18 : 18 Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.