Psalm 11:2

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Summary

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

For, lo

Make

Psalm 21:12

That

Acts 23:12

The upright

Bible References

For, lo

In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill such as are upright in the way.

who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD.

Make

For thou will make them turn their back. Thou will make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

That

He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man.

They encourage themselves in an evil purpose. They converse of laying snares secretly. They say, Who will see them?

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Thou shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.

And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.

and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.

And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul.

The upright

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

Be glad in LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous. And shout for joy, all ye who are upright in heart.

A righteous man shall be glad in LORD, and shall take refuge in him. And all the upright in heart shall glory.

For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Light is sown for the righteous man, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.