Psalm 11:2
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2 The wicked are stringing their bows
and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings.
They shoot from the shadows
at those whose hearts are right.
Jeremiah 9:3
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Judgment for Disobedience
3 “My people bend their tongues like bows
to shoot out lies.
They refuse to stand up for the truth.
They only go from bad to worse.
They do not know me,”
says the Lord.
Psalm 37:14
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14 The wicked draw their swords
and string their bows
to kill the poor and the oppressed,
to slaughter those who do right.
Psalm 21:12
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12 For they will turn and run
when they see your arrows aimed at them.
Psalm 64:3-5
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3 They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their bitter words like arrows.
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent,
attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
5 They encourage each other to do evil
and plan how to set their traps in secret.
“Who will ever notice?” they ask.
Acts 23:12-15
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The Plan to Kill Paul
12 The next morning a group of Jews[a] got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty of them in the conspiracy. 14 They went to the leading priests and elders and told them, “We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 So you and the high council should ask the commander to bring Paul back to the council again. Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way.”
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- 23:12 Greek the Jews.
Matthew 26:4
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4 plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.
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Psalm 142:3
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3 When I am overwhelmed,
you alone know the way I should turn.
Wherever I go,
my enemies have set traps for me.
Psalm 125:4
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4 O Lord, do good to those who are good,
whose hearts are in tune with you.
Psalm 97:11
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11 Light shines on the godly,
and joy on those whose hearts are right.
Psalm 94:15
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15 Judgment will again be founded on justice,
and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.
Psalm 64:10
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10 The godly will rejoice in the Lord
and find shelter in him.
And those who do what is right
will praise him.
Psalm 32:11
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11 So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him!
Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!
Psalm 10:8-9
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8 They lurk in ambush in the villages,
waiting to murder innocent people.
They are always searching for helpless victims.
9 Like lions crouched in hiding,
they wait to pounce on the helpless.
Like hunters they capture the helpless
and drag them away in nets.
Psalm 10:2
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2 The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor.
Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
Psalm 7:12
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12 If a person does not repent,
God[a] will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.
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- 7:12 Hebrew he.
Psalm 7:10
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10 God is my shield,
saving those whose hearts are true and right.
1 Samuel 23:9
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9 But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the Lord what he should do.
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1 Samuel 18:21
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21 “Here’s another chance to see him killed by the Philistines!” Saul said to himself. But to David he said, “Today you have a second chance to become my son-in-law!”
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