For look! (A)The wicked bend their bow,
They make ready their arrow on the string,
That they may shoot [a]secretly at the upright in heart.

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  1. Psalm 11:2 Lit. in darkness

“And like their bow (A)they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from (B)evil to evil,
And they (C)do not know Me,” says the Lord.

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14 The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.

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12 Therefore You will make them turn their back;
You will make ready Your arrows on Your string toward their faces.

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Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
(A)And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
(B)They say, “Who will see them?”

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12 And when it was day, (A)some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had (B)killed Paul. 13 Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and (C)elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you [a]tomorrow, as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

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  1. Acts 23:15 NU omits tomorrow

and (A)plotted to take Jesus by [a]trickery and kill Him.

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  1. Matthew 26:4 deception

When my spirit [a]was (A)overwhelmed within me,
Then You knew my path.
In the way in which I walk
They have secretly (B)set a snare for me.

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  1. Psalm 142:3 Lit. fainted

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
And to those who are upright in their hearts.

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11 (A)Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart.

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15 But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

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10 (A)The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in Him.
And all the upright in heart shall glory.

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11 (A)Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous;
And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

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He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the secret places he murders the innocent;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den;
He lies in wait to catch the poor;
He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

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The wicked in his pride [a]persecutes the poor;
(A)Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

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  1. Psalm 10:2 hotly pursues

12 If he does not turn back,
He will (A)sharpen His sword;
He bends His bow and makes it ready.

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10 [a]My defense is of God,
Who saves the (A)upright in heart.

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  1. Psalm 7:10 Lit. My shield is upon God

When David knew that Saul plotted evil against him, (A)he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

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21 So Saul said, “I will give her to him, that she may [a]be a snare to him, and that (A)the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, (B)“You shall be my son-in-law today.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 18:21 be bait for

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