Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
The perfect
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Bible References
Shoot
Psalm 10:8
He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
Nehemiah 4:11
And our enemies said, "They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work."
Habakkuk 3:14
You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors, who came like a whirlwind to scatter me, rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
The perfect
Psalm 59:3
For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O LORD,
John 19:6
When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him."
1 Peter 2:22
He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
Suddenly
Psalm 64:7
But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly.
1 Samuel 18:11
And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, "I will pin David to the wall." But David evaded him twice.
1 Samuel 19:10
And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
2 Samuel 15:14
Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword."
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Proverbs 24:2
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.