Psalm 11:2
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2 for look, the wicked bend the bow,
they have fitted their arrow to the string,
to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.(A)
Jeremiah 9:3
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3 They bend their tongues like bows;
they have grown strong in the land for falsehood and not for truth,
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they do not know me, says the Lord.(A)
Psalm 64:3-5
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3 who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,(A)
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.(B)
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see us?[a](C)
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- 64.5 Syr Jerome: Heb them
Psalm 37:14
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14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to kill those who walk uprightly;(A)
Psalm 21:12
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12 For you will put them to flight;
you will aim at their faces with your bows.(A)
Matthew 26:4
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4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(A)
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Psalm 142:3
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3 When my spirit is faint,
you know my way.
In the path where I walk,
they have hidden a trap for me.(A)
Psalm 125:4
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4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
and to those who are upright in their hearts.(A)
Psalm 97:11
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- 97.11 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb is sown
Psalm 94:15
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15 for justice will return to the righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Psalm 64:10
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10 Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord
and take refuge in him.
Let all the upright in heart glory.(A)
Psalm 32:11
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11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.(A)
Psalm 10:8-9
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8 They sit in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places they murder the innocent.
Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;(A)
9 they lurk in secret like a lion in its den;
they lurk that they may seize the poor;
they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.(B)
Psalm 10:2
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2 In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor—
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.(A)
Psalm 7:12
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- 7.12 Heb he
Psalm 7:10
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10 God is my shield,
who saves the upright in heart.(A)
1 Samuel 23:9
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9 When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to the priest Abiathar, “Bring the ephod here.”(A)
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1 Samuel 18:21
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21 Saul thought, “Let me give her to him that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time,[a] “You shall now be my son-in-law.”(A)
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- 18.21 Heb by two
Acts 23:12-15
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The Plot to Kill Paul
12 In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.(A) 13 There were more than forty who joined in this conspiracy. 14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food until we have killed Paul.(B) 15 Now then, you and the council must notify the tribune to bring him down to you, on the pretext that you want to make a more thorough examination of his case. And we are ready to do away with him before he arrives.”(C)
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