Psalms 11:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.”
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“For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 11:2 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 18:21“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
- 1 Samuel 23:9When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
- Psalms 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
- Psalms 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- Psalms 21:12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
- Psalms 32:11Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
- Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
- Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
- Psalms 64:4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
- Psalms 64:10Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.
- Psalms 94:15Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
- Psalms 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
- Psalms 125:4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.
- Psalms 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
- Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
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