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Psalms 37:14

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

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ASV

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

KJV

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
חֶ֤רֶב׀Che.reva swordH2719 →
פָּֽתְח֣וּpa.te.Chuthey have drawnH6605 →
רְשָׁעִים֮re.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563 →
וְדָרְכ֪וּve.da.re.Khuand they have bentH1869 →
קַ֫שְׁתָּ֥םkash.Tambow theirH7198 →
לְ֭הַפִּילLe.ha.pilto make fallH5307 →
עָנִ֣י'a.Ni[the] poorH6041 →
וְאֶבְי֑וֹןve.'ev.Yonand [the] needyH34 →
לִ֝טְב֗וֹחַlit.Vo.achto slaughterH2873 →
יִשְׁרֵי־yish.rei-[people] upright ofH3477 →
דָֽרֶךְ׃Da.rekhwayH1870 →

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Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.1 Peter 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.Psalms 11:2For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.Psalms 17:11They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.Proverbs 29:10Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.Psalms 109:16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.Luke 4:29They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.Acts 12:11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.Psalms 35:10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”Psalms 64:2–6Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,Genesis 39:17Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,Mark 6:24Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”Acts 12:2–3He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

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