Psalms 37:15

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“But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.”

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BSBPD

“But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 37:15 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
  2. 1 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  3. 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
  4. Esther 7:9Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
  5. Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
  6. Esther 9:16The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  7. Esther 9:22as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
  8. Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
  9. Psalms 34:22The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
  10. Psalms 35:8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
  11. Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
  12. Psalms 46:10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
  13. Psalms 76:3There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
  14. Psalms 76:4You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
  15. Isaiah 37:38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
  16. Jeremiah 51:56For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
  17. Hosea 1:5And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
  18. Hosea 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
  19. Micah 5:6And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
  20. Matthew 27:4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

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