Psalm 11:2
For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.
Psalm 7:10
My shield and my defense depend on God,
Who saves the upright in heart.
Psalm 21:12
For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat];
You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.
Psalm 37:14
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slaughter those who are upright in conduct [those with personal integrity and godly character].
Jeremiah 9:3
“They bend their tongue like their bow;
[Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.
1 Samuel 18:21
Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare (bad influence, source of trouble) to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David for a second time, “You shall be my son-in-law today.”
1 Samuel 23:9
But David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
Psalm 7:12
If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.
Psalm 10:2
In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Psalm 10:8-9
He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
Psalm 32:11
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous [who actively seek right standing with Him];
Shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Psalm 64:3-5
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Psalm 64:10
The righteous will rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in Him;
All the upright in heart will glory and offer praise.
Psalm 94:15
For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
Psalm 97:11
Light is sown [like seed] for the righteous and illuminates their path,
And [irrepressible] joy [is spread] for the upright in heart [who delight in His favor and protection].
Psalm 125:4
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.
Psalm 142:3
When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.
Matthew 26:4
and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
Acts 23:12-15
Now when day came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath (curse), saying that they would not eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
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In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slaughter those who are upright in conduct [those with personal integrity and godly character].
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
“They bend their tongue like their bow;
[Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.
Make
For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat];
You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.
That
He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will discover us?”
When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.
The upright
My shield and my defense depend on God,
Who saves the upright in heart.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous [who actively seek right standing with Him];
Shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
The righteous will rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in Him;
All the upright in heart will glory and offer praise.
For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
Light is sown [like seed] for the righteous and illuminates their path,
And [irrepressible] joy [is spread] for the upright in heart [who delight in His favor and protection].
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.