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 lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
Nehemiah 4:11
Our adversaries said, "They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease."
Habakkuk 3:14
You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
The perfect
Psalm 59:3
For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
John 19:6
When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."
1 Peter 2:22
who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."
Suddenly
Psalm 64:7
But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
1 Samuel 18:11
and Saul threw the spear; for he said, "I will pin David even to the wall!" David escaped from his presence twice.
1 Samuel 19:10
Saul sought to pin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.
2 Samuel 15:14
David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword."
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Proverbs 24:2
for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.