¹⁴ The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who walk uprightly. ¹⁵ Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. ¹⁶ A little to the righteous is better than the riches of many wicked.

Cross References

Psalm 7:14-15

Behold, he labors in pain with iniquity, and he has conceived mischief, and has brought forth falsehood.

Psalm 35:8

Let destruction come upon him, he will not know; and let his net which he has concealed catch him, let him fall in it, into destruction.

Psalm 46:9

who makes wars to cease to the ends of the earth; He breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots in the fire.

1 Samuel 2:4

The bows of the mighty are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

1 Samuel 31:4

And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised ones come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very much afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell on it.

2 Samuel 17:23

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, even he saddled the ass and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order. And he hanged himself and died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

Esther 7:9-10

And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said before the king, Also look! the wooden gallows fifty cubits high which Haman made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him on it!

Psalm 76:3-6

There He broke the fiery arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

Isaiah 37:38

And it happened as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword. And they escaped into the land of Ararat; and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his place.

Jeremiah 51:56

because the ravager has come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are captured. Every one of their bows is broken, for Jehovah, the God of vengeance, shall surely repay.

Hosea 1:5

And it shall be, at that day I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

Hosea 2:18

And in that day I will cut a covenant for them, with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground. And I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

Micah 5:6

And they shall mar the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at her own entrances. And He shall deliver us from Assyria when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our border.

Matthew 27:4-5

saying, I have sinned, betraying innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? You see to that.