Psalms 37:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.”
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“The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 37:14 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
- 1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
- Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
- Psalms 11:2For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
- Psalms 35:10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
- Proverbs 29:10Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.
- Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
- Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
- Matthew 23:30And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
- Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- Acts 12:2He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
- Acts 12:11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
- Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
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