¹⁴ The wicked take out a sword and bend the bow, to bring down the humble and the poor to slay those who are righteous in conduct. ¹⁵ But their sword will pierce their own heart, and their bows will be broken! ¹⁶ Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked people.

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Psalm 7:14-15

But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies.

Psalm 35:8

Let destruction come upon them unawares, and let the net that he hid catch him; let him fall into destruction.

Psalm 46:9

He causes wars to cease all over the earth, he causes the bow to break, the spear to snap, the chariots to ignite and burn.

1 Samuel 2:4

The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble are equipped with strength.

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul told his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised people will come and run me through and make sport of me." But his armor bearer did not want to do it because he was very frightened, so Saul took the sword and fell on it.

2 Samuel 17:23

Meanwhile, when Ahithophel observed that his counsel was not being acted upon, he saddled his donkey, got up, and left for his hometown. Leaving behind a set of orders for his household, he hanged himself. After his death he was buried in his father's tomb.

Esther 7:9-10

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, observed, "Look there! A pole is standing 50 cubits high at Haman's house that he prepared for Mordecai, whose report benefitted the king!"

Psalm 76:3-6

There he shattered sharp arrows, shields, swords, and weapons of war. Interlude

Isaiah 37:38

Later, while he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer cut him down with swords and escaped to the land of Ararat. Then Sennacherib's son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Jeremiah 51:56

Indeed, the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon. Her warriors are captured, and her bows are broken. For the LORD is a God of recompense, and he will repay in full.

Hosea 1:5

At that time I'll shatter the military strength of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel."

Hosea 2:18

I will make a covenant with them at that time, a covenant with the wild animals of the field, with the birds of the air, and with the creatures of the ground. I will banish the battle bow, the sword, and war from the earth. I will cause my people to lie down where it is safe.

Micah 5:6

The shepherds will devastate the land of Assyria with the sword, along with the entrances to the land of Nimrod. "This is how he will vanquish Assyria when he invades our land, trampling within our borders:

Matthew 27:4-5

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood."

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