Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

General references

Bible References

Shoot

Psalm 10:8
He waits in ambush near the villages;
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
Nehemiah 4:11
And our enemies said, “They won’t know or see anything until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.”
Habakkuk 3:14
You pierce his head
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.

The perfect

Psalm 59:3
Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.
John 19:6
When the chief priests and the temple police saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”

Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.”
1 Peter 2:22
He did not commit sin,
and no deceit was found in His mouth;

Suddenly

Psalm 64:7
But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.
1 Samuel 18:11
and he threw it, thinking, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David got away from him twice.
1 Samuel 19:10
and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear. As the spear struck the wall, David eluded Saul, ran away, and escaped that night.
2 Samuel 15:14
David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Get up. We have to flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! Leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

General references

Proverbs 24:2
for their hearts plan violence,
and their words stir up trouble.
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared.

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