Psalm 37:14

Instruction In Wisdom

¹³ The Lord laughs at him
because He sees that his day is coming. ¹⁴ The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow
to bring down the afflicted and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.
¹⁵ Their swords will enter their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.

Poor and Needy

Put to Death

Psalm 11:2

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is detestable to the righteous,
and one whose way is upright
is detestable to the wicked.

1 Samuel 24:11

See, my father! Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. Look and recognize that there is no evil or rebellion in me. I haven’t sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

1 Samuel 24:17

and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have done what is good to me though I have done what is evil to you.

Psalm 35:10

My very bones will say,
“Lord, who is like You,
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”

Psalm 64:2-6

Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,
from the mob of evildoers,

Proverbs 29:10

Bloodthirsty men hate an honest person,
but the upright care about him.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look on evil,
and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do You tolerate those who are treacherous?
Why are You silent
while one who is wicked swallows up
one who is more righteous than himself?

Matthew 23:30-34

and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have taken part with them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

Acts 12:2-3

and he killed James, John’s brother, with the sword.

Acts 12:11

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”

Acts 12:23

At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.